Los de Abajo are a band from Mexico City founded in 1992 as a Latin ska fou… Read Full Bio ↴Los de Abajo are a band from Mexico City founded in 1992 as a Latin ska four-piece band. Since then they have expanded to eight members and widened their musical influences to include rock, salsa, reggae, cumbia, Son Jarocho and banda sinaloense. Founder member Liber Terán is the main vocalist and writes many of the songs, although all band members receive equal pay for their contributions.

The band was unable to secure a record deal in Mexico, as their music was considered to be insufficiently commercial, and ended up releasing their first album Latin Ska Force independently. However, in 1999 they secured a deal with David Byrne's Luaka Bop record label to release their international debut, Los de Abajo.

The follow-up Cybertropic Chilango Power was released in 2002 and won BBC Radio 3's World Music Award for the Americas. 2006's LDA v The Lunatics saw them continue to absorb influences from around the world and included a Spanish-language version of The Fun Boy Three song "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)", featuring Neville Staples.

The band are supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and have played benefits gigs for the revolutionary group. The Zapatistas' Comandante Esther features on "Resistencia", the first track on LDA v The Lunatics.

Nada
Los de Abajo Lyrics

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Nada sé
Si lo sabía nada perdía
Intentándolo una why otra vez
No había salida
El hambre crecía
Se desaparecía why así fue
De pronto tarde
De pronto loco

De pronto todo un poco
Hasta no volver
Ya no me esperes
Se me hare tarde

Quiero más
Yo lo sabía pero quiero más
No me servía ninguna advertencia
Para no caer en más

Cuando quería
Todos los días
Toda la lejanía
¿Para qué volver?
Si no hay regreso
Me siento preso

Chorus:
Nada, el dolor que da en los ojos
Cuando no te tengo cerca
Ya no dan ganas de nada
why escapar es la salida
Al saber que de esta vida
No nos llevaremos nada
El dolor que da en los ojos
Cuando no te tengo cerca
No dan ganas de un respiro
Me consumo, quedo preso

Quiero más
Yo lo sabía pero quiero más
No me servía ninguna advertencia
Para no caer en más
Cuando quería
Todos los días
Toda la lejanía
¿Para qué volver?
Si no hay regreso
Me siento preso

Chorus:
Nada, el dolor que da en los ojos
Cuando esta vida se acaba
Nada queda, nada engaña
Ya no dan ganas de nada
Nada miente en la mirada
Al saber que de esta vida
No nos llevaremos nada
El dolor que da en los ojos
Cuando esta vida se acaba
Nada queda, nada engaña
Ya no dan ganas de nada
Nada miente en la mirada

Al saber que de esta vida
No nos llevaremos nada

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Los de Abajo's song "Nada" convey a sense of desperation and hopelessness. The singer begins by stating "Nada sé" which translates to "I know nothing". This sets the tone of confusion and uncertainty that follows. The singer goes on to say "Si lo sabía nada perdía" which means "If I knew, I wouldn't have lost anything". This line is particularly poignant, as it suggests that the singer has made a mistake and missed an opportunity, but is unable to turn back time and correct it.

The chorus of the song emphasizes the feeling of despair that pervades the lyrics. The singer expresses the pain of being without someone they care about, and the realization that nothing in life truly matters in the end. The line "El dolor que da en los ojos" which means "The pain that gives it in the eyes" is particularly haunting, as it evokes the physical sensation of grief and loss.

The repeated phrase "quiero más" which means "I want more" suggests a sense of dissatisfaction with life, which is echoed in the lines "No me servía ninguna advertencia / Para no caer en más" which means "No warning served me / Not to fall into more". Overall, "Nada" is a powerful song that captures the feeling of being lost, alone, and uncertain in the face of life's challenges.

Line by Line Meaning

Nada sé
I don't know anything

Si lo sabía nada perdía
Even if I knew, I wouldn't lose anything

Intentándolo una why otra vez
Trying it once and again

No había salida
There was no way out

El hambre crecía
The hunger was growing

Se desaparecía why así fue
Disappeared and that's how it was

De pronto tarde
Suddenly too late

De pronto loco
Suddenly crazy

De pronto todo un poco
Suddenly everything got mixed up

Hasta no volver
Until it doesn't come back

Ya no me esperes
Don't wait for me anymore

Se me hare tarde
I'll be late

Quiero más
I want more

Yo lo sabía pero quiero más
I knew it, but I still want more

No me servía ninguna advertencia
No warning was helpful

Para no caer en más
To not fall for more

Cuando quería Todos los días Toda la lejanía ¿Para qué volver?
When I wanted it every day, the distance was too far, so why go back?

Si no hay regreso Me siento preso
If there's no return, I feel imprisoned

Nada, el dolor que da en los ojos Cuando no te tengo cerca
Nothing, the pain in my eyes when I don't have you close

Ya no dan ganas de nada why escapar es la salida Al saber que de esta vida No nos llevaremos nada
I don't feel like doing anything anymore, and escape seems like the way out, knowing that we won't take anything from this life

No dan ganas de un respiro Me consumo, quedo preso
I don't feel like taking a break, I'm consumed, and I remain imprisoned

Cuando esta vida se acaba Nada queda, nada engaña
When this life ends, nothing remains, nothing deceives

Nada miente en la mirada
Nothing lies in the gaze

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAMIAN PORTUGAL, CARLOS ARMANDO CUEVAS CERON, LIBER TERAN GOMEZ, YOCUPITZIO ARELLANO, VLADIMIR EMILIANO GARNICA LOVERA

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