Their first album was "Los Piratas", a live record, followed by "Quiero hacerte gritar", their first studio album. Later on they would release "Poligamia" and "Manual para los fieles". Their next album, "Fin de la primera parte" (end of the first part), was a special album that recapped their best songs and marked a changed towards much more complex style.
After this came "Ultrasónica" (later re-released with an extra disc of rarities titled "Sesiones perdidas") and their last studio album, "Relax", re-released again later on with three rarities discs: "Inerte", "Respuestas" and "Dinero".
Their last album was recorded during their last concert in Madrid, and was called "Fin de la segunda parte" (end of second part), thus completing the circle and their career.
They split up in 2004. Iván Ferreiro and Alfonso Román (Fon Roman) started their own solo career.
Reiniciar
Los Piratas Lyrics
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Mil bolas de luz
Para matar
Cada ilusión
Puesta al final
Esta verdad
Se vuelve mal
Claro es el fin
¿Dónde perdí
Aquella poción
Para volar
Y conseguir
No llorar más?
Creo que eras tu
Que todo empezó
Esta intensidad
Este calor
¿dónde perdí
El resplandor?
Y esa razón
Que se pudrió
Entre tu voz
Y la cantidad
Que aceptas por dar
Besos de error
Y una canción
Que te escribí cuando soñé...
Que entre los dos
Era mejor
Sentirse mal
Y te llamé
Para intentar
Llegar hasta ti
Casi sin tocar
El suelo y volar
Para poner
Datos a cero
Y reiniciar....
The lyrics of Los Piratas' song Reiniciar are themed on feeling lost and seeking renewal of some kind. The opening lines of the song, "Mil bolas de luz/ Para matar/ Cada ilusión/ Puesta al final" could be interpreted to mean that there are a thousand different things that could destroy one's dreams and hopes (represented by the "bolas de luz" or balls of light) that one had worked hard towards. The line "Esta verdad/ Se vuelve mal" suggests that the truth can sometimes be hurtful, leading to a negative outcome. The chorus "Ya no sé donde buscar/ La forma de reiniciar" (I no longer know where to look for a way to restart) highlights the general theme of the song - looking for a new beginning, a fresh start.
The second half of the song seems to be addressed to someone in particular, perhaps an ex-lover. The lines "Y esa razón/ Que se pudrió/ Entre tu voz/ Y la cantidad", could be referencing a person who was once important, but who has started taking you for granted. The lyrics suggest that this person has lost something valuable and important somewhere along the way. The final chorus holds the key to the song's main idea - a desire to start over, to reduce everything back to zero and restart again.
Overall, the song seems to be about a feeling of loss, a desire to start over, and the difficulty of accepting the fact that sometimes things do not go as planned.
Line by Line Meaning
Mil bolas de luz
Countless false hopes, which shine brilliantly but ultimately lead to disappointment.
Para matar
To kill these false hopes and illusions.
Cada ilusión
Every illusion.
Puesta al final
Placed at the end, after a long and arduous journey.
Esta verdad
The truth that emerges after one has faced and dismantled these illusions.
Se vuelve mal
This truth turns out to be unpleasant or undesirable.
Claro es el fin
The end is clear and inevitable.
Juntos los dos....
Both individuals face this truth together.
¿Dónde perdí
Where did I lose track of something important.
Aquella poción
That magical concoction, or solution, to my problems.
Para volar
That allowed me to fly, or transcend my pain.
Y conseguir
And attain that freedom, or happiness.
No llorar más?
To never cry again.
Creo que eras tu
I think it was you who provided that magical solution.
Que todo empezó
That kickstarted this passionate, intense journey.
Esta intensidad
This passion and intensity that's been felt throughout the journey.
Este calor
The warmth of love and passion.
¿dónde perdí
Where did I lose that warmth and passion.
El resplandor?
That radiant glow of love and passion.
Y esa razón
And that reason, or motivation.
Que se pudrió
That eventually rotted away, or lost its potency.
Entre tu voz
Amidst your voice, or influence.
Y la cantidad
And the amount of sacrifice or compromise you're willing to make for love.
Que aceptas por dar
What you accept to give in return for love.
Besos de error
Kisses that are mistakes, or not genuine.
Y una canción
And this song, created as a dream or aspiration.
Que te escribí cuando soñé...
Which I wrote for you when I was dreaming of our perfect future together.
Que entre los dos
That which we shared between us.
Era mejor
Was better than anything else we could offer each other.
Sentirse mal
To feel negative emotions or sadness.
Y te llamé
And I called you.
Para intentar
In an attempt to...
Llegar hasta ti
To reach you, or connect with you again.
Casi sin tocar
Almost without touching the ground, as if on wings.
El suelo y volar
To soar high above the ground.
Para poner
So that we can reset our relationship.
Datos a cero
Start all over again from scratch.
Y reiniciar....
And restart our relationship fresh anew.
Contributed by Olivia K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.