Since then the band has developed the strength of the band, both in composing material and in the stage of performance.
The band has also opened for alot of more known bands, including everything from Napalm Death to Moonspell, also playing a lot of concerts in their home country as headliners.
Circos
Poema Arcanus Lyrics
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La rosa cerril, camino a Niebla bailará...
El horizonte pinta pétreo toda la canción,
Palabras negras ríen muertas de tanta ilusión
Hoy es el día en que nada comenzó...
[Coro:]
La Risa negra quema la ceguera solar
Calumnia fatua, hoy perderás mi evocación,
La lengua etérea no beberá más de ese sol,
Hoy somos bestias que untan hostias en el mal,
En tres infiernos todo esto se va a derrochar...
Pero siempre algo extraviaras...
[Coro:]
El fuego negro quema la ofuscación solar
Llegan los circos de la inmensidad.
Troubler la fète...
Vacío sol, de fiestas te llenarás
Pero la carne profunda se abraza lejana.
The lyrics of Poema Arcanus's song "Circos" present a somewhat cryptic and enigmatic message. The first lines seem to suggest that spring is not a concrete reality anymore, leaving the listener to wonder what event or circumstance has led to this perception. The image of a wild rose dancing towards Niebla (a city in Chile) adds to the dream-like quality of the song. The horizon is described as painting everything in the song with a stony color, while black words laugh at the illusion of hope. The chorus proclaims that the black laugh burns the solar blindness, and that the circuses of the immensity are laughing. This seems to suggest that the vastness of the universe is indifferent to human affairs, and that the laughter of the cosmos is a mocking, cynical one.
The second stanza continues with a reference to a "fatuous calumny", which is an empty insult or false accusation. The singer pledges to let go of this delusion and deny the tongue that drinks from the ethereal sun. The lines "hoy somos bestias que untan hostias en el mal" ("today we are beasts that smear blows on evil") conjures an image of a savage and ruthless world, where violence reigns supreme. This contrasts with the theme of the first stanza, which seemed more gentle and melancholic. The chorus repeats the idea of the black fire burning the solar confusion and announces the arrival of the circuses of immensity. The last line, "vacío sol, de fiestas te llenarás, pero la carne profunda se abraza lejana" ("empty sun, you will fill with celebrations, but the deep flesh embraces itself far away"), seems to suggest that even if people engage in festivities to fill the void left by the absence of concreteness and meaning, they will still feel disconnected from themselves and the world.
Line by Line Meaning
La primavera ya no es concreta ¿huirás?...
Spring is no longer a tangible reality, will you run away?...
La rosa cerril, camino a Niebla bailará...
The wild rose, on its way to Niebla, dances...
El horizonte pinta pétreo toda la canción,
The horizon paints the whole song with stone-like colors,
Palabras negras ríen muertas de tanta ilusión
Black words laugh, dead from too much illusion,
Hoy es el día en que nada comenzó...
Today is the day when nothing began...
[Coro:] La Risa negra quema la ceguera solar Ríen los circos de la inmensidad
[Chorus:] The black laugh burns the solar blindness, the circuses laugh at the immensity
Calumnia fatua, hoy perderás mi evocación,
Foolish slander, today you will lose my recollection,
La lengua etérea no beberá más de ese sol,
The ethereal tongue will no longer drink from that sun,
Hoy somos bestias que untan hostias en el mal,
Today we are beasts that smear hosts in the evil,
En tres infiernos todo esto se va a derrochar...
In three hells all of this will be wasted...
Pero siempre algo extraviaras...
But you will always lose something...
[Coro:] El fuego negro quema la ofuscación solar Llegan los circos de la inmensidad.
[Chorus:] The black fire burns the solar confusion, the circuses arrive at the immensity
Troubler la fète...
Disturb the party...
Vacío sol, de fiestas te llenarás Pero la carne profunda se abraza lejana.
Empty sun, you will be filled with parties but the deep flesh embraces from afar.
Contributed by Lucy N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.