Spanish group Saratoga formed in 1992 and won a reputation as Madrid's prem… Read Full Bio ↴Spanish group Saratoga formed in 1992 and won a reputation as Madrid's premier heavy metal act, earning notoriety throughout Europe and Japan. The group spent three years after forming writing and preparing for their debut album, Saratoga, released in 1995. Only moderately successful at the time, the record would go on to become something of a Euro-metal classic, popular all over the continent and throughout Japan. The band's next outing was a collection of covers entitled Tributo. The album documented the group's favorite selections from local authors including Antonio Flores and Ángeles del Infierno. The disc that followed, Mi Ciudad, would be what brought Saratoga the public's attention. The project landed a spot on national pop charts like Lista de Afive, one of few heavy metal acts to do so. Inspired to reach beyond the borders of their genre, Saratoga followed with the release of Vientos de Guerra, a record pitched at mainstream audiences. Attempts to break into the international heavy metal market with the English-language release Heaven's Gate fell short of the mark. A return to pleasing their European and Japanese fan base with Las Puertas del Cielo and the DVD A Morir followed shortly thereafter. The group's next major accomplishment came with their biographical DVD, 1992-2004, which went on to achieve gold status for sales. Their subsequent record, Tierra de Lobos, experienced similar success, opening doors for the group to tour across Europe. Recent records like El Clan de la Lucha and VII consistently found a favorable place on European sales and airplay charts.

Autopista
Saratoga Lyrics

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El fruto del progreso nació
El tiempo de los sueños pasó
Ciudades hechas del hormigón
Autopista como distracción

Cada día hay un puente más
Una nueva autopista
Fría, inmensa más ancha y más cruel

Intenta seducirme
Y yo caigo en su trampa
Mi máquina también
Y mis venas se alteran
Vamos a tope
Kilómetros sin fin

Me domina la autopista
Me domina la autopista

Voy quemando gasolina a cien
Me siento hipnotizado
La autopista me quiere absorber
Por ella ruedo ciego

Y yo caigo en su trampa
Mi máquina también
Y mis venas se alteran
Vamos a tope
Kilómetros sin fin

Me domina la autopista
Me domina la autopista

Y yo caigo en su trampa
Mi máquina también
Y mis venas se alteran
Vamos a tope
Kilómetros sin fin

Contagiado de algo extraño voy
Preciso más potencia
Por mi cuerpo corre una energía
Que hace saltar mi corazón

Y yo caigo en su trampa
Mi máquina también
Y mis venas se alteran
Vamos a tope
Kilómetros sin fin

Me domina la autopista
Me domina la autopista

Me domina la autopista
Me domina la autopista

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Saratoga's song Autopista talk about the seductive power of highways and how they can dominate the mind and the body of those who drive through them. The first lines mention how progress has given birth to concrete cities and highways as a form of distraction. The singer mentions how every day there are new bridges and highways being built and how they try to seduce him while he is driving, making him feel hypnotized and absorbed by their immense size and cruelty. He feels as if he is being controlled by the highway and that his machine and veins are altered by its power. The singer falls into the highway's trap and becomes addicted to the sensation of the seemingly endless kilometers of the highway. He feels strange and needs more power in order to be absorbed by the highway even more. He mentions that his heart is beating fast and his body is filled with energy that makes him feel as if he is being controlled by the highway itself.

Line by Line Meaning

El fruto del progreso nació
The outcome of progress has come to life

El tiempo de los sueños pasó
The time for dreaming is over

Ciudades hechas del hormigón
Cities made of concrete

Autopista como distracción
Highway as a distraction

Cada día hay un puente más
Every day there's another bridge

Una nueva autopista
A new highway

Fría, inmensa más ancha y más cruel
Cold, immense, wider and crueler

Intenta seducirme
It tries to seduce me

Y yo caigo en su trampa
And I fall into its trap

Mi máquina también
My machine as well

Y mis venas se alteran
And my veins are affected