Saying the name Mishima is speaking about not only the great Japanese write… Read Full Bio ↴Saying the name Mishima is speaking about not only the great Japanese writer but one of Barcelona’s most influential bands of the 21st Century. Despite the fact they started singing in English, the five-piece band fronted by David Carabén started using his mother tongue around 2005 and paved the way for the new wave of indie bands writing songs in Catalan language. Loved by the press and with a fan base growing in geometrical progression, they’ve just released a new album, their seventh, recorded at the mythical Black Box Studios with the help of Peter Deimel (The Kills, The Last Shadow Puppets, Anna Calvi). Hailed as their best, “L’ànsia que cura” (TRIS-Warner, 2014), captures the raw energy of their live set and a sophisticated range of influences including The Smiths and JG. Ballard, Randy Newman and David Lynch, Tindersticks and the chanson française. Think The National born and raised by the Mediterranean Sea.

Band members:
Xavi Caparrós - bass
David Carabén - voice, guitar
Marc Lloret - keyboards
Alfons Serra - drums
Dani Vega - guitars

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Discography:
Lipstick traces (2000)
The Fall Of Public Man (2003)
Trucar a casa. Recollir les fotos. Pagar la multa. (2005)
Set tota la vida (2007)
Ordre i aventura (2010)
L'amor feliç (2012)
L'ànsia que cura (2014)

La vella ferida
Mishima Lyrics

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Aquest matí, al llevar-me, l'he sentida
com si fos una veu, coneguda
una vella amiga que tornés a mirar-me.
La vella ferida, ha tornat a sagnar-me

I quan he vist, la cicatriu,
que de tan oberta tot l'univers s'hi abocava.
He entès que aquesta vegada,

no podria escapar-me.
La vella ferida, ha tornat a sagnar-me

De sobte has entrat tu,
com una força de la natura,
I posant fil a l'agulla,
amb una paraula a la teva veu
Has cosit la boca roja,
que era oberta i ara els teus llavis
la suturen

Has entrat tu,
com una força de la natura
posant fil a l'agulla,
amb una paraula a la teva veu
has cosit la boca roja,
que era oberta i ara els teus llavis
la suturen

Has entrat tu...
Has entrat tu...

Has entrat tu...
Has entrat tu...

Overall Meaning

The song "La vella ferida" by Mishima talks about the return of an old and familiar wound. The first verse describes waking up and feeling the wound as if it was a known voice returning to look at the singer once again. The second verse describes the wound as so open that the entire universe seems to pour into it, making it clear that the singer cannot escape it this time. The chorus repeats that the old wound has returned to bleed the singer once more.

In the third verse, the singer suddenly experiences the entry of another force into their life, someone who is like a force of nature. This person sews up the open wound with their voice and presence, like they are putting thread into a needle. The red mouth that was once open with pain is now closed by this other person's voice.

The song's metaphorical language creates a vivid image of the singer's pain and longing for healing. The introduction of another person's voice and presence adds an element of hope for the singer's healing process.

Line by Line Meaning

Aquest matí, al llevar-me, l'he sentida
This morning, upon waking up, I felt

com si fos una veu, coneguda
As if it were a familiar voice

una vella amiga que tornés a mirar-me.
An old friend returning to look at me.

La vella ferida, ha tornat a sagnar-me
The old wound has started to bleed again

I quan he vist, la cicatriu,
And when I saw the scar,

que de tan oberta tot l'univers s'hi abocava.
Through which the entire universe poured out

He entès que aquesta vegada,
I understood that this time,

no podria escapar-me.
I couldn't escape.

De sobte has entrat tu,
Suddenly, you entered,

com una força de la natura,
Like a force of nature,

I posant fil a l'agulla,
And threading the needle,