Obrint Pas was formed in 1993, and one year later, in 1994, they recorded their first tape which took them to win the 3rd "Tirant de Rock" (a rock festival). During the following years, the band also took part in several festivals that helped them to consolidate their music. Band members are: Xavi Sarrià (Guitar & vocals), Josep Pitarch, (Bass), Miquel Gironès (Dolçaina), Marc Guardiola (Drums), Robert Fernández (Guitar), Miquel Ramos ( Vocals & Keyboards).
Their first album came out in 1997 with the title La revolta de l'anima (The Soul's Revolution). Three years later, came Obrint Pas (2000), their first album with the record label Propaganda pel Fet. The consolidation of the group came with Terra(Land) in 2003, trying new styles. A year later, in 2004, they recorded La Flama (The Flame), which launched them onto the international scene with gigs in countries like Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Morocco and The Western Sahara.
Their last work En Moviment (Moving)(2005) is a live album with many collaborations such as Alex from Inadaptats, Fermin Muguruza, Al Tall... It was recorded in a tributing gig to Ovidi Montllor in Valencia ten years after his death. This work reached the TOP 20 bestseller albums in Spain (The only group singing in Catalan).
El Gran Circ Dels Invisibles
Obrint Pas Lyrics
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Del gran circ de la mentira que han alçat
Un dia mes als carrers dels oblidats.
Els oblidats
Que es passen mitja vida naufragant
Creuantels mars de la seua soletat.
Que viu de fer equilibris als carrers
Sense res mes que la vida que li han pres.
Com aquell pres
Que escriu cançons d'amor a les parets
Per somiar un món sense carcelers.
Però a les nits dels nostres barris
Han tornat a sonar
Les velles cançons de guerra
Que aviem oblidat.
Al gran circ dels invisibles
No podrem escapar
Però avui em pres
L'humil decisió de lluitar:
El circ ha començat!
S'obre el teló
Del gran circ de la gran mentira que han alçat
Un dia mes als carrers dels silenciats.
Els silenciats
Que engreixen les misèries de l'estat
Entre els lleons de la seua dignitat.
La dignitat
Que es perd entre els pallassos del poder
Fent malabars amb els propis sentiments.
Els sentiments
Que moren a les portes dels burdells
Dels mercaders dels somriures presoners.
The song “El Gran Circ Dels Invisibles” by Obrint Pas is a powerful and poignant reflection on the state of society today. The opening lyrics describe the “great circus of lies” that has been raised, and the forgotten people that pass their lives in solitude, navigating the seas of loneliness. The song highlights the plight of the silenced and the invisible, who are abandoned by society and left to struggle alone.
The chorus speaks of the return of the old war songs, which have been forgotten, but now are being heard again in the night streets of the forgotten. The great circus of the invisible cannot be escaped, but the singer decides to fight back. The circus has begun, and there is no turning back.
The second part of the song speaks of the silenced, those who are feeding the misery of the state. Among the lions of their dignity, they lose their sense of self-worth and struggle to maintain their own feelings of autonomy. The dignity of the people is lost, as they are treated like clowns, forced to juggle with their own emotions. The song brings to light the struggle of those who are silenced by society and their battle to maintain their own agency.
Line by Line Meaning
S'obre el teló
The curtains open
Del gran circ de la mentira que han alçat
Of the great circus of lies they've built
Un dia mes als carrers dels oblidats.
One more day on the streets of the forgotten
Els oblidats
The forgotten ones
Que es passen mitja vida naufragant
Who spend half their life shipwrecked
Creuantels mars de la seua soletat.
Crossing the seas of their own loneliness
La soledat
The loneliness
Que viu de fer equilibris als carrers
That lives by balancing on the streets
Sense res mes que la vida que li han pres.
With nothing more than the life they've taken from them
Com aquell pres
Like that prisoner
Que escriu cançons d'amor a les parets
Who writes love songs on the walls
Per somiar un món sense carcelers.
To dream of a world without jailers
Però a les nits dels nostres barris
But in the nights of our neighborhoods
Han tornat a sonar
The old war songs have returned
Les velles cançons de guerra
The old war songs
Que aviem oblidat.
That we had forgotten
Al gran circ dels invisibles
In the great circus of the invisible
No podrem escapar
We won't be able to escape
Però avui em pres
But today I've made the decision
L'humil decisió de lluitar:
The humble decision to fight:
El circ ha començat!
The circus has begun!
S'obre el teló
The curtains open
Del gran circ de la gran mentira que han alçat
Of the great circus of the great lie they've built
Un dia mes als carrers dels silenciats.
One more day on the streets of the silenced
Els silenciats
The silenced ones
Que engreixen les misèries de l'estat
Who fatten the miseries of the state
Entre els lleons de la seua dignitat.
Among the lions of their dignity
La dignitat
The dignity
Que es perd entre els pallassos del poder
That is lost among the clowns of power
Fent malabars amb els propis sentiments.
Juggling their own feelings
Els sentiments
The feelings
Que moren a les portes dels burdells
That die at the doors of the brothels
Dels mercaders dels somriures presoners.
Of the merchants of prison smiles
Contributed by Carson S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
NecronRuleZ
visca obrint pas! Gran cançó! Avui concert a Palma de Mallorca, no m'el perdo per res, ara q per fi tornen a Mallorca! Visca la terra! ||*||
Pascual Cecilia Megias
Sou els millors . Obrint Pas amunt!!!
Ramon Martinez
Gran cancion, gran letra. Espero volver a verlos en el Viña... Saludos desde Madrid!
EDER Eres
CONTINUEU AIXÍ VISCA LA TERRA LLIURE!!!! !!*!! La Gossa Sorda i Obrint pas dels millors grups del PAÍS VALENCIÀ INDEPENDENCIA !!*!!
Ana Martí
BUaaaaaaaaaaaaaa m´encanta aquest video! i la canço es genial! sou genials! continueu aixi! ||*||
Desmond David Hume
Els millors del País Valencià.
Yrene
Que buena por dios!!!!
ilargi_21
aquesta canso es bonisima en directe! visca la terra lliure!
Tejedor83
És una pena que no estiga en cap lloc la lletra cantada per Rudeman. No acabe d'entendre-la sencera.
Andreu Andreo
Bonisim! El millor el final! II*II