In September 2008, Marcelo released his first solo album “Sou” with 12 compositions and a similar musical style to the last album by Los Hermanos, “4”. It was released under his own label, Zé Pereira. SonyBmg is in charge for the distribution of this work in Brazil. His inaugural work features the cameo performances by Dominguinhos, Mallu Magalhães, Clara Sverner and by the São Paulo band Hurtmold, who would accompany him during his tour.
The tour for the launching of “Sou” - started on September 9 during the festival Coquetel Molotov, in Recife, and passed by Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
Some of the tracks on last.fm have been taken from videos on the internet (such as “Liberdade”, “Téo e a Gaivota” e “Doce Solidão” - all from the album “Sou”) or from homemade materials that would include (or not) in the first albums by Los Hermanos (such as “Pierrot”, “Deixa Estar”, “Melissa”, among others).
In 2011, he released the album Toque Dela.
DESPEDIDA
Marcelo Camelo Lyrics
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Mas eu venho de longe
E ainda do lado de trás da terra além da missão comprida
Vim só dar despedida
Filho de sol poente
Quando teima em passear
desce de sal nos olhos doente da falta de voltar
Filho de sol poente
Quando teima em passear
desce de sal nos olhos doente da falta que sente do mar
Vim só dar despedida
The lyrics of Marcelo Camelo's song Despedida are poetic and metaphoric. The singer begins by stating that they too are not from here and have come a long way from the other side of the world, beyond the completed mission. These lines suggest a feeling of displacement or detachment from the current location, destiny or purpose, indicating that the goodbye could also be a way of departing and reinforcing a sense of placelessness.
The second stanza creates an image of someone who is yearning to return to the sea, embodied by the "filho de sol poente" (son of the setting sun) who becomes sick with the longing to return and feels the salt of the ocean in their eyes. The ocean is often portrayed as a poetic symbol for the unconscious or the spiritual in literature and music, and here the singer suggests the sea represents the magnetic pull of where this person really belongs. The goodbye then could be one of reassurance and courage on the part of the singer as they bid farewell to someone who needs to follow the call of their inner self.
Line by Line Meaning
Eu não sou daqui também marinheiro
I am not from here, just like a sailor who travels across distant seas.
Mas eu venho de longe
But I come from afar, from a place not close to here.
E ainda do lado de trás da terra além da missão comprida
And from the other side of the earth, beyond the place where my life’s purpose has been fulfilled.
Vim só dar despedida
I only came to say goodbye.
Filho de sol poente
A child of the setting sun.
Quando teima em passear
When it insists on wandering.
Desce de sal nos olhos doente da falta de voltar
It brings tears of longing to my eyes, sick from the desire to return.
Desce de sal nos olhos doente da falta que sente do mar
It brings tears of yearning to my eyes, longing for the sea.
Vim só dar despedida
I only came to say goodbye.
Contributed by Lucy J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.