Mariana Aydar is the daughter of the musician Mario Manga and Bia Aydar, a … Read Full Bio ↴Mariana Aydar is the daughter of the musician Mario Manga and Bia Aydar, a Brazilian music producer. She grew up backstage, sleeping in dressing rooms, hanging out with studio musicians, learning to sing, play the cello and guitar and absorbing diverse musical influences. Her musical career began in 2000.

In 2004, after years of study in Brazil and at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, she moved to Paris for a year where she met Seu Jorge, who invited her to open his concerts in Europe. After returning to Brazil in 2005 Aydar started working on her debut disc, Kavita 1, which launched in September 2006. Over the past decade she has performed with many established and emerging Brazilian artists, including Elba Ramalho, Dominguinhos, Arnaldo Antunes, Toni Garrido, Samuel Rosa, Daniela Mercury, CéU and João Donato.

Peixes
Mariana Aydar Lyrics

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Peixes são iguais a pássaros
Só que cantam sem ruído
Som que não vai ser ouvido

Voa águias pelas águas
Nadadeiras como asas
Que deslizam entre nuvens

Peixes, pássaros, pessoas
Nos aquários, nas gaiolas,
Pelas salas e sacadas
Afogados no destino
De morrer como decoração das casas

Nós vivemos como peixes
Com a voz que nós calamos
Com essa paz que não achamos

Nós morremos como peixes
Com amor que não vivemos
Satisfeitos? mais ou menos

Todas as iscas que mordemos
Os anzóis atravessados
Nossos gritos abafados

Peixes, pássaros, pessoas
Nos aquários, nas gaiolas,
Pelas salas e sacadas
Afogados no destino
De morrer como decoração das casas

Nós vivemos como peixes
Com a voz que nós calamos
Com essa paz que não achamos

Nós morremos como peixes
Com amor que não vivemos
Satisfeitos? mais ou menos

Todas as iscas que mordemos

Os anzóis atravessados
Nossos gritos abafados

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Mariana Aydar's song Peixes (which means "Fish" in Portuguese) are a poignant critique of the way we live our lives. Aydar compares fish to birds, saying that they are the same except for the fact that fish sing without noise, meaning that their voices are unheard. She then goes on to describe how fish "fly" through the water like eagles, with their fins serving as wings, and they glide through the clouds of their underwater world. Aydar goes on to compare fish, birds, and people, saying that we all live in aquariums or cages, drowning in our own destinies as mere decorations in the homes of others.

The lyrics speak about how we live our lives as prisoners, silenced or ignored by the world around us. We fail to find the peace we seek, and the love we spend our lives chasing remains unfulfilled. The last stanza talks about the "bait" that we fall for in life, how we get caught up chasing a dream that we will never achieve, only to find our cries smothered by the people around us.

Overall, Aydar portrays a poignant picture of how we live our lives, often trapped in our own prisons, silenced and ignored by the people around us. She encourages us to break free from our constraints and start living fully, finding the voice within ourselves and the love that we chase throughout our lives.

Line by Line Meaning

Peixes são iguais a pássaros
Fish are similar to birds

Só que cantam sem ruído
Except they sing without noise

Som que não vai ser ouvido
A sound that won't be heard

Voa águias pelas águas
Eagles fly over the waters

Nadadeiras como asas
Fins like wings

Que deslizam entre nuvens
That glide among the clouds

Peixes, pássaros, pessoas
Fish, birds, people

Nos aquários, nas gaiolas,
In aquariums, in cages

Pelas salas e sacadas
In living rooms and balconies

Afogados no destino
Drowned in fate

De morrer como decoração das casas
To die as home decoration