The band´s interesting name did not come about until journalist João Piment… Read Full Bio ↴The band´s interesting name did not come about until journalist João Pimentel, writing for Brazil´s top selling daily paper O Globo, made a reference in one of his articles to the group of musicians that played with Teresa Cristina every Saturday night at the bar Semente, placed in one of Rio´s most bohemian neighborhoods, Lapa. It was in 1998 that Bernardo, João, Pedrinho, Ricardo Cotrim (no longer a member of Semente) and other friends, got together for the first time. Back then, Teresa was selecting repertoire for a tribute show she intended to put together in honor of Brazilian music virtuoso Candeia, and handpicking the musicians. Bernardo, at the time a member of group Acorda Bamba, invited band mate Alexandre Bittencourt (who, in turn, invited other musician pals, including Pedrinho, João and Ricardo) to Teresa´s 30th birthday party. That was when the invitation was formalized and well accepted, prompting a routine of meetings between Teresa and the guys to rehearse Candeia´s repertoire, though, in the end, the show never made it to the stage. Still in that year, Teresa and the boys played together for the first time at a show celebrating the International Women´s Day at the Planetário da Gávea theatre. Their premiere on the pulsating night of Lapa, one of Rio de Janeiro´s musical cribs, took place right after this, when Teresa and the group were invited by a certain well known character "Seu Guaracy", of Portela Samba School, to launch the new night music program at local bar Semente, known as a health food place, up until then. It worked out so well that soon Teresa Cristina and Grupo Semente were being called the "rescuers of Lapa´s night life", that had been going down since the eighties. After becoming a hit band playing at Semente, Teresa and the guys went on to perform at other venues in Lapa, such as carioca da Gema and Centro Cultural Carioca, for an ever growing audience. Media recognition came with the release of the first album, a double tribute to Brazilian idol Paulinho da Viola´s 60th birthday, which won Teresa a couple of awards - "Prêmio Rival BR" and "Prêmio Tim"- as "Best New Artist", and a "Best Samba Album" nomination at the 2003 Latin Grammy´s. After that, many were the invitations that took Teresa and Semente all over Brasil and even to Japan, showing the world all the beauty of the good genuine Brazilian music. In 2004, Teresa, Bernardo, Pedrinho and João welcomed Mestre Trambique, coming to replace Ricardo Cotrim, who was leaving the band, and they went in the studio once again to record the band´s second album "A Vida Me Fez Assim" ("Life has Made Me This Way"), which featured Teresa´s premiere as a songwriter. They gathered an excess of overwhelming reviews, and sold-out theatres on which they performed. On that same year, the band hit the road with the "Projeto Pixininguinha" tour, performing at the main cities of the Northeast of Brazil. In 2005, they performed at the "Brazilian Year" Celebrations in Paris, while recording their fist live CD and DVD, suitably titled: "O Mundo é Meu Lugar" ("The World is My Place").

Peito Sangrando
Teresa Cristina Lyrics

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O grande mistério deste enredo
É coisa bem simples de entender
Entre a terra e o céu não há segredo
Basta não ter medo pra compreender
Que depois de uma noite escura
Vem o sol nos reconfortar
E essa Luz Divina que tudo ilumina
Jamais deixa de nos iluminar

E essa Luz Divina que tudo ilumina
Jamais deixa de nos iluminar

Mal se nasce
Se começa a fenecer
Mal se morre
Se inicia o renascer
Mas esta filosofia
É só pra dissimular

Esta sangria no peito
Que eu não vejo jeito de estancar

Overall Meaning

The song Peito Sangrando by Teresa Cristina discusses the great mystery of life and death. The opening lyrics state that this mystery is actually quite simple to understand - there is no secret between earth and sky, as long as one is not afraid to comprehend. The song suggests that even though there are dark times in life, there is always a light that will eventually comfort us. This divine light illuminates everything and is always present.

The verses further explore the cyclical nature of life and death. It highlights that as soon as one is born, they begin to age and inevitably die. However, death can be viewed as an opportunity for rebirth or renewal. Despite this philosophical outlook on death, the song acknowledges that it's all just a facade. This perspective is used to cover up the pain of heartbreak or the feeling of hopelessness that can plague one's peito, or heart. The lyrics express anguish over this wound in the heart that seems impossible to heal.

Line by Line Meaning

O grande mistério deste enredo
The big mystery of this story

É coisa bem simples de entender
Is a simple thing to understand

Entre a terra e o céu não há segredo
Between earth and sky, there are no secrets

Basta não ter medo pra compreender
Just need to not be afraid to understand

Que depois de uma noite escura
That after a dark night

Vem o sol nos reconfortar
The sun comes to comfort us

E essa Luz Divina que tudo ilumina
And that divine light that illuminates everything

Jamais deixa de nos iluminar
Never stops illuminating us

Mal se nasce
As soon as we are born

Se começa a fenecer
We start to fade away

Mal se morre
As soon as we die