Fado
Resistencia Lyrics


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À volta do adro
Duas ou três casas
Uns bancos vermelhos
Ao meio uma cruz
Ali um café
Ao lado da igreja
Uns homens parados
E uma linda luz

Sim estou convencido
Qu'isto é mesmo assim
Que nunca se conta
Bem o que se vê
E levo comigo
Já sem aprender
O que os olhos vêem
E eu já não sei

Com a voz que me resta
Eu não vou poder cantar
As coisas do mundo
Não sei descrever
Estou longe
São portas fechadas
Segredos por revelar
São coisas do mundo
Só se podem ver




Ao longe
Ao longe

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Resistencia's song Fado describe a small village or town square with a few houses and a church. The center of the square has a few red benches and a cross, and there is a cafe nearby. Some men are standing around, and there is a beautiful light illuminating the scene. The singer is convinced that what he is seeing cannot be fully captured or described simply because he can only perceive it with his eyes, and he feels like he is missing something. He sings about this feeling of being unable to truly convey the things he sees or experiences, leaving them as "secrets yet to be revealed," implying that some things are only visible from afar.


Throughout the song, the singer's voice grows more resigned, suggesting that he ultimately accepts his inability to describe the world around him. He notes that he cannot sing about the things he sees because he doesn't know how to describe them, portraying them as "closed doors" that remain mysterious and enigmatic, even to him.


Overall, the song seems to be about the limitations of human perception and communication, as well as the sense of longing that can arise from the feeling that we are unable to fully capture the beauty and complexity of the world around us.


Line by Line Meaning

À volta do adro
Around the church courtyard


Duas ou três casas
Two or three houses


Uns bancos vermelhos
Some red benches


Ao meio uma cruz
In the middle a cross


Ali um café
There a café


Ao lado da igreja
Next to the church


Uns homens parados
Some men standing


E uma linda luz
And a beautiful light


Sim estou convencido
Yes, I am convinced


Qu'isto é mesmo assim
That this is just how it is


Que nunca se conta
That you can never really tell


Bem o que se vê
What you're really seeing


E levo comigo
And I carry with me


Já sem aprender
Already without learning


O que os olhos vêem
What the eyes see


E eu já não sei
And I no longer know


Com a voz que me resta
With the voice I have left


Eu não vou poder cantar
I won't be able to sing


As coisas do mundo
The things of the world


Não sei descrever
I don't know how to describe


Estou longe
I am distant


São portas fechadas
They are closed doors


Segredos por revelar
Secrets yet to be revealed


São coisas do mundo
They are things of the world


Só se podem ver
That can only be seen


Ao longe
From afar


Ao longe
From afar




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@ricardovasconcelos4959

musicas e sonoridades que nos marcam para sempre..Posso estar na China ou inglaterra. .mas ao ouvir é. ....é muito..

@ricardomacedo5396

Uma música que quando estou além fronteiras.. Me deixa ancorado a nossa lusitaniedade..

@MrUrbano79

Um CD cheio de HINOS!

@karinalubyte1988

Esta música é EXCELÊNCIA!

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