In 1982, three guys from Concepción, Álvaro Henríquez, Roberto Titae Lindl, and Pancho Molina started a band called Los Dick Stones, whose set list was based on songs by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Gene Vincent. They quickly became very popular in universities, bars, and peñas around the southern city of Concepción. Given their ambition to achieve success in the Chilean mainstream, they decided to move to the capital city of Santiago and changed their name to Los Tres. In 1988 Ángel Parra joined the band and even though Los Tres is Spanish for "the three", they decided to keep the name.
During years when culture and art began to rise again -after the cultural and night life had been reduced for almost 20 years due to the military regime that had ruled Chile since 1973-, the times were right for their music to develop and their popularity to grow. They recorded 9 albums during their first stage together, from 1982 until 2000.
In 2000 the band went into an indefinite break and its members continued their musical careers in personal projects.
On 2006 Los Tres, with the exception of Pancho Molina, announced their reunion including a show in May, the festival Vive Latino in Mexico City, and a show in Santiago de Chile. The first single Camino was already released. Their tenth album (Hágalo usted mismo) was a result of this reunion. The band is still together.
Pájaros de fuego
Los Tres Lyrics
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Que me haya hecho soñar
En un instante todo
Se vuelve realidad
Los pájaros de fuego
Se vuelven contra mí
Me secan y me encienden
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Todo lo que veo
No lo verás jamás
Extraño y condenado
A no mirar atrás, ah-ah-ah
Uh-uh
Los templos que vomitan
Los rezos del dolor
Hacen reír al cielo
Y al mal que hay en ti, señor
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Vacío, rodeado, llorando
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
The lyrics to Los Tres's song Pájaros de fuego describe the feeling of being overwhelmed and consumed by one's own inner demons. The singer is unsure if something triggered their current state or if it was simply a dream that became all too real. Suddenly, the "pájaros de fuego" or birds of fire, turn on them, causing them to dry up and ignite, preventing them from moving forward. They feel empty and surrounded, crying for what seems like an eternity.
The singer mentions that they have nothing left, and whatever they do have will never be seen again. They feel alienated and condemned, unable to look back. The mention of "templos que vomitan" or temples that vomit suggests that religion may not be a source of comfort for the singer, as the prayers of those in pain are laughed at by the sky and the devil himself. The lyrics end with the singer still feeling empty, surrounded, and crying for what seems like a century.
Line by Line Meaning
No sé si hubo algo
I'm not sure if something happened
Que me haya hecho soñar
That made me dream
En un instante todo
In a moment everything
Se vuelve realidad
Becomes reality
Los pájaros de fuego
The firebirds
Se vuelven contra mí
Turn against me
Me secan y me encienden
They dry me out and light me up
Negándome a seguir
Denying me the ability to continue
Vacío, rodeado
Empty, surrounded
Llorando por un siglo
Crying for a century
Todo lo que tengo
Everything I have
No lo verás jamás
You will never see it
Extraño y condenado
Strange and condemned
A no mirar atrás
To not look back
Los templos que vomitan
The temples that vomit
Los rezos del dolor
The prayers of pain
Hacen reir al cielo
Make the sky laugh
Y al mal que hay en tí
And the evil within you
Señor
Lord
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Henriquez, Lindl
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Matilda Vega Mellado
No sé si hubo algo
Que me haya hecho soñar
En un instante todo
Se vuelve realidad
Los pájaros de fuego
Se vuelven contra mí
Me secan y me encienden
Negándome a seguir
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Todo lo que veo
No lo verás jamás
Extraño y condenado
A no mirar atrás
Los templos que vomitan
Los rezos del dolor
Hacen reír al cielo
Y al mal que hay en ti, Señor
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando, oh, uh-oh, oh, uh-oh
Vacío, rodeado
Llorando por un siglo
jorge lopez
pajaros de fuegos, flores secas y amores incompletos los mejores temas de los tr3s. temazos...
Øystein
Moizefala igual
trelli☆
Moizefalaaaa
Howl Wiza
no olviden V&V, follaje en el invernadero y el sueño de la hora mas obscura… csm ahora que lo pienso los tres han de ser de las mejores bandas de la historia de hispanoamérica.
Nais Nostreet
Una de las mejores letras de Los Tres.
ELSANCHEZ
Es así, tal cual.
Alessandra Caetano
Adoro essa música, bons tempos de faculdade. Abraços desde Brasil
Pilar Lopez
Mi hermosa canción favorita de los tres. Los felicito por tan bella música instrumental que tiene este tema 🥀♥️🎶😆
Carlos Ruiz
Impresionate majestuosa de las mejores canciones que ha dado este bello continente GIGANTES LOS 3
Francisco Dubreuil
Es el disco que más me gusta de los Tres .