This is not your typical motorik beat kraut album; rather it sounds more like a breezy take on Love or Beau Brummels. The way that songs like “Willoweed” and “Paisley” flow seamlessly into one another, it is easy to see how listeners will become entranced by this new, dream-like world that The Holydrug Couple have created. These two stand-out tracks, as well as “Follow Your Way” really exemplify the growth of this band and signify the new direction they’re headed in.
Vertigo
The Holydrug Couple Lyrics
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Porque las noches que están pasando son largas
Pero a mi no me digas nada.
Las alegrías de las mujeres que lloran
Son gotas de agua, son caminos de la muerte
Junta a tu gente y camina a otras tierras
Donde sean hombres que crean en ellos por todo
Porque aquí no creen nada.
A las montañas, a la oscuridad del alma
El primer hombre que dijo tener esperanza
Está llorando juntos con todos su causa
Ya no le queda nada.
Quienes pusieron fuerza en el hombre no pensaron
Que sus tristezas eran mas fuertes que ellos
Buscan caminos con un destino en silencio
Que en estas noches ya no tenemos ni flores
Porque aqui no queda nada.
The lyrics of "Vertigo" by The Holydrug Couple convey a sense of disillusionment and despair in a world where people no longer believe in anything. The singer urges others to tell people to believe in themselves for no reason, because the nights they are experiencing are long and filled with emptiness. The joys of women crying are compared to drops of water and paths of death, suggesting that even in their moments of happiness, there is a sense of futility and despair. The singer encourages gathering with others and walking to other lands where there are men who believe in themselves completely, because here in this world, there is no belief at all.
The lyrics continue to explore the theme of hopelessness and the absence of faith. The singer urges the listener to gather their strength and scream into the night, to the mountains, and to the darkness of their soul. The first man who claimed to have hope is now crying with everyone else, having lost everything he had. The ones who gave strength to humanity did not consider that their own sadness would be stronger than them. They are now silently seeking paths with a destiny where there are no flowers left, hinting at a desolate and barren existence where nothing remains.
Overall, "Vertigo" reflects a profound disillusionment and a yearning for meaning and belief in a world where hope seems to have disappeared.
Line by Line Meaning
Dile a la gente que crea en la gente por nada,
Tell people to believe in people for no reason,
Porque las noches que están pasando son largas
Because the nights that are passing are long
Pero a mi no me digas nada.
But don't say anything to me
Las alegrías de las mujeres que lloran
The joys of women crying
Son gotas de agua, son caminos de la muerte
They are drops of water, they are paths of death
Junta a tu gente y camina a otras tierras
Gather your people and walk to other lands
Donde sean hombres que crean en ellos por todo
Where there are men who believe in themselves
Porque aquí no creen nada.
Because here they believe in nothing
Junta tus fuerzas para gritar en la noche
Gather your strength to shout in the night
A las montañas, a la oscuridad del alma
To the mountains, to the darkness of the soul
El primer hombre que dijo tener esperanza
The first man who said he had hope
Está llorando juntos con todos su causa
Is crying together with all his cause
Ya no le queda nada.
He has nothing left
Quienes pusieron fuerza en el hombre no pensaron
Those who put strength in man did not think
Que sus tristezas eran mas fuertes que ellos
That their sorrows were stronger than them
Buscan caminos con un destino en silencio
They seek paths with a silent destiny
Que en estas noches ya no tenemos ni flores
That in these nights we no longer have even flowers
Por que aquí no queda nada.
Because here there is nothing left
Writer(s): Julio Villalobos
Contributed by Madelyn W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.