Santa Sabina are distinguished by their gothic rock lyrics and stage presence. Their music, however, is perhaps best described as a variant of progressive rock which borrows heavily from jazz.
At the end of the 1980s, Guerrero left her hometown of Guadalajara to attend the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City to pursue a career in theatre. There, she met Poncho Figueroa, Pablo Valero and Jacobo Leiberman, who at that time were members of a jazz group called "the Psicotrópicos". "The Psicotrópicos" agreed to provide music for a play written for Guerrero's theatre class based on Franz Kafka's "Amérika". As they worked together, they realized they had a strong artistic affinity. After the dissolution of the "Psicotrópicos", they decided to form a new rock band that reflected their artistic vision. Although the group's lineup has changed through the years (as in the case of Pablo Valero and Jacobo Leiberman), the sound of the group, has evolved but remains faithful to its initial course.
Their first albums, Santa Sabina (1992), Símbolos (1994) and Babel (1996) were released through the now-defunct Mexican record label Culebra Records, a local branch of BGM Ariola. Their following albums, Mar adentro en la sangre (2001) and Espiral (2003), were independent productions. In 1997, they also recorded an album of their "unplugged" performance for MTV Latinamerica called Santa Sabina Unplugged.
The band reformed briefly in 2010 when it became clear that this might be the last chance to have Rita perform as she was diagnosed with breast cancer and treatment failed. On the 11th March 2011 Rita passed away which left the band without a lead-singer. No information is available whether they will reform with another singer.
Yo Te Ando Buscando
Santa Sabina Lyrics
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Sólo existe la cabeza:
más allá no hay nada.
No tiene cuerpo.
Es: la Cabeza sin Cuerpo.
Es algo fantástico e irreal
porque es... la Cabeza sin Cuerpo.
Admire el espectáculo que lo llevará
Yo hablando y tú no estando
yo te ablando y te endureces
y hace tiempo que no veo
que ni huelo, que ni te hablo
Porque tú no me has llamado
y te has desaparecido
y te has desaparecido
Tú no estando
y yo te hablando
y tú no estando
y yo te hablando
Yo hablando...
Tú no estando y yo te hablando
y tú no estando, y yo te ando buscando
y no te puedo encontrar
¿Dónde estás?
Ya hace tiempo que no veo
que ni huelo, que ni te hablo
porque tú no me has querido y te has desaparecido
y regresas a tu casa sin memoria y sin sentido
sin amores transparentes
sólo novios sin sentido
Ya ni siquiera escucho y perdiendo en un segundo
todo lo que me has mandado
en tus cartas sin sentido
Hey, hey, hey, dime
¿Por qué te has aparecido?
Hey, hey, hey, dime
sin razón y sin sentido
Y tú no estando...
The beginning of the song, "Aquí está la Cabeza sin Cuerpo", refers to something fantastic and unreal, which is the head without a body. The lyrics describe the "spectacle" that the head without a body presents and how it takes you on a journey through fantasy and illusion. The metaphor of the head without a body could be interpreted in various ways, as it represents something incomplete and fragmented, but also as something fascinating and unique.
The second part of the song changes to a different theme, where the singer is talking to someone who is not present, and who has disappeared, making the communication difficult. The singer expresses confusion and frustration as the other person seems unreachable and unresponsive. The singer desperately searches for the other person but fails to find them. Towards the end of the song, the singer questions why the other person appeared without reason or sense, and the song ends with the same line as it begins, "Tú no estando y yo te hablando" (You not being here, and me talking to you).
Overall, the song presents various themes of longing, loss, and confusion, and it could be interpreted in different ways, depending on personal experiences and perspectives.
Line by Line Meaning
Aquí está la Cabeza sin Cuerpo
There's a head without a body here
Sólo existe la cabeza:
There's only the head:
más allá no hay nada.
nothing beyond it.
No tiene cuerpo.
It has no body.
Es: la Cabeza sin Cuerpo.
It's: the Head without a Body.
Es algo fantástico e irreal
It's something fantastic and unreal
porque es... la Cabeza sin Cuerpo.
because it's... the Head without a Body.
Admire el espectáculo que lo llevará
Admire the show that will take you
por los caminos de la fantasía y la ilusión.
down the paths of fantasy and illusion.
Yo hablando y tú no estando
I'm talking and you're not there
yo te ablando y te endureces
I soften you up and you harden
y hace tiempo que no veo
and it's been a while since I've seen
que ni huelo, que ni te hablo
I don't even smell you, I don't even talk to you
Porque tú no me has llamado
Because you haven't called me
y te has desaparecido
And you've disappeared
Tú no estando
You're not here
y yo te hablando
And I'm talking to you
Tú no estando
You're not here
y yo te hablando
And I'm talking to you
Yo hablando...
I'm talking...
Tú no estando y yo te hablando
You not being there and me talking to you
y tú no estando, y yo te ando buscando
And you not being there, and me looking for you
y no te puedo encontrar
And I can't find you
¿Dónde estás?
Where are you?
Ya hace tiempo que no veo
It's been a while since I've seen
que ni huelo, que ni te hablo
I don't even smell you, I don't even talk to you
porque tú no me has querido y te has desaparecido
Because you haven't wanted me and you've disappeared
y regresas a tu casa sin memoria y sin sentido
And you come back home with no memory and no sense
sin amores transparentes
Without clear loves
sólo novios sin sentido
Only senseless boyfriends
Ya ni siquiera escucho y perdiendo en un segundo
I don't even listen anymore, and losing in a second
todo lo que me has mandado
Everything you've sent me
en tus cartas sin sentido
In your senseless letters
Hey, hey, hey, dime
Hey, hey, hey, tell me
¿Por qué te has aparecido?
Why have you reappeared?
Hey, hey, hey, dime
Hey, hey, hey, tell me
sin razón y sin sentido
without reason or sense
Y tú no estando...
And you not being there...
Contributed by Connor B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Omar Arturo Ramirez
Dios bendiga a Rita Guerrero. Cuando me enteré de su fallecimiento lloré por un buen rato
Mario Monterroza
Excelente agrupacion que ha tenido Mexico y Rita ha sido una gran influecia para el rock, Hace un mes los escuche y suenan brutales. Saludos desde Colombia Barranquilla. Los quiero de Corazon al pueblo mexicano.
Rigor Mortis Mendoza
Qué hermosa y sensual se mira Rita Guerrero, en este vídeo... Ese rojo sangre, pasión!!! Un amor de mujer y que voz... La canción no se diga, y ni hablar de su faceta gótica!!! " Una suave caricia, con sabor a muerte, delicia erótica, un olor a piel nocturna, ojos místicos que llevan a la locura... Soledad única, ya no te veo más, bello ángel de las sombras... Duerme en el sueño eterno..."
paranoia androide Tom york
No solo es Rita, es todo el gran esfuerzo de equipo que fue santa sabina, los extraño chicos
Israel unam
Que hermosa era Rita Guerrero, que disco tan hermoso "el azul casi morado", era mi banda sonora en 1994 cuando curse una fuerte depresión que me llevo al H. Fray Bernardino Alvarez. Ese disco era tan sombrio pero al mismo tiempo bello, que lo conservo con mucho cariño. Descanse en Paz Rita Guerrero
Corni Cervantes
Solo los qué rasguñamos la necedad donde no vive lo ordinario podemos vincular la frecuencia de estos acordes tan sublimes . En el Fray meses antes de llegar , ahí solo ahí fue lo real superando la ficción.
Jonathan Gilberto Mar
LA MEJOR DE LAS VIBRAS PARA QUE LA HERMOSA Y GRANDIOSA RITA GUERRERO, LIBRE LA LUCHA QUE ACTUALMENTE TIENE CONTRA EL CANCER, ANIMO RITA!!
vanessabr75
Q. E. P. D. una de las mujeres emblemáticas del rock mexicano, una guerrera que perdió la batalla, pero que siempre estará presente... El rock mexicano de luto, mis condolencias a los fans de Santa Sabina...
Carlos Aguirre
Que bendición la de todos lo que pudieron ver Santa Sabina en vivo! SALUDOS
Mirna Rodriguez
Y varias veces💗