The first two albums, "Ready To.." (2002) and "The Noon Moon" (2003) were released as Hélio Flanders solo albums, an one man project.
Only in 2003 the band was completed with the other members. They released two EPs "Before Vallegrand" (2005) and "Semáforo" (2006). Semáforo is the first album with portuguese lyrics!
vento do metrô
Vanguart Lyrics
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E 'to cansado de tentar apagar essa dor
Mas se tudo é experiência, eu quero a ciência
De poder gostar de mim como eu sou
Eu sou a ponta que você desperdiçou
Eu sou a onda brava que você quebrou
A mancha roxa da tua coxa
O vento que sacode o teu cabelo no metrô
A vida é curta pra gente viver assim
E a esperança dança no fundo de mim
Porque tudo vale algum amor
Porque tudo vale algum amor
Me acostumei a viver sempre por um triz
Já não aceito a culpa pelo que eu não fiz
E a envelhecida adolescência me traz a consciência
De poder seguir em frente como eu sou
Enfim, como eu sou
O teu cabelo amarelo cabe em qualquer coração
Eu me desfaço igual gelo quando encosta no vulcão
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
Essa é a chuva que tardou tanto em chegar
Esse é o escuro que se adianta pra brilhar
Esse é o gesso que se quebra
O osso que se regenera
É a alegria que já não se espera que chegou
Que enfim chegou
A vida é curta pra gente viver assim
E a esperança dança no fundo de mim
Eu me liberto, então eu digo sim
Porque tudo vale algum amor
Porque tudo vale algum amor
Porque eu sou do jeito que eu sou
Tudo vale algum amor
The lyrics in Vanguart's song "Vento do Metrô" talk about the struggles of love and self-acceptance. The singer is tired of trying to find true love and trying to suppress their pain. They want to learn the science of liking themselves for who they are. They reflect on being the discarded point, the strong wave, the bruise on the thigh, the cut on the dry lips, and the feeling of wind on the hair in the subway. They realize that life is too short to live like this, and hope dances inside them. They want to live as they are, accepting themselves and moving forward.
The singer has learned to live always on the edge, not accepting blame for what they did not do. They mention their aged adolescence, which brings them the knowledge to move forward. They describe an image of yellow hair that fits any heart and how they melt like ice touching the volcano. They celebrate the arrival of the long-awaited rain, the darkness that precedes the light, and the regenerative aspect of life. The singer realizes that everything is worthy of some love, and accepts themselves, saying, "because I am the way I am, everything is worthy of some love."
Line by Line Meaning
Eu 'to cansado de tentar o grande amor
I am tired of trying to find the perfect love
E 'to cansado de tentar apagar essa dor
I am tired of trying to erase this pain
Mas se tudo é experiência, eu quero a ciência
But if everything is a learning experience, I want to learn how to love myself for who I am
De poder gostar de mim como eu sou
To be able to like myself for who I am
Eu sou a ponta que você desperdiçou
I am the end that you wasted
Eu sou a onda brava que você quebrou
I am the strong wave that you broke
A mancha roxa da tua coxa
The bruise on your thigh
O corte no teu lábio seco
The cut on your dry lips
O vento que sacode o teu cabelo no metrô
The wind that shakes your hair on the subway
A vida é curta pra gente viver assim
Life is too short to live like this
E a esperança dança no fundo de mim
And hope dances deep within me
Porque tudo vale algum amor
Because everything is worth some love
Me acostumei a viver sempre por um triz
I got used to living on the edge
Já não aceito a culpa pelo que eu não fiz
I no longer accept the blame for what I did not do
E a envelhecida adolescência me traz a consciência
And my aging adolescence brings me awareness
De poder seguir em frente como eu sou
To be able to move forward as I am
Enfim, como eu sou
Finally, as I am
O teu cabelo amarelo cabe em qualquer coração
Your yellow hair fits into any heart
Eu me desfaço igual gelo quando encosta no vulcão
I dissipate like ice when it touches a volcano
Essa é a chuva que tardou tanto em chegar
This is the rain that was delayed for so long
Esse é o escuro que se adianta pra brilhar
This is the darkness that advances to shine
Esse é o gesso que se quebra
This is the plaster that breaks
O osso que se regenera
The bone that regenerates
É a alegria que já não se espera que chegou
It's the happiness that was not expected that arrived
Que enfim chegou
That finally arrived
Eu me liberto, então eu digo sim
I free myself, then I say yes
Porque eu sou do jeito que eu sou
Because I am the way I am
Tudo vale algum amor
Everything is worth some love
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Helio Prado Neto
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
| Little fucker.
Fun fact for those who want to know what the word EKSTER means.
Ekster is the Dutch worde for Magpie.
Magpies are popularly known for "stealing" shiny objects like jewelry and silver teaspoons and bringing them to the nest.
The magpie is an unmistakable bird with its black and white plumage and very long, shiny green tail. The magpie often builds covered nests.
A Belgian.
interwebtubes
Yeah I been through the Cincinnati International airport,
All of the people that work in there are very nice,
Definitely a really good place to do some quick shopping, not to mention picking up some really good eats,
My understanding is that there is, or was a Subway underneath that airport??,
Since I was on very limited time, in order to catch my next flight,
I took care of my Business and went to go catch my next flight,
Even though I really wanted to check out the subway,
So unfortunately I was never able to check it all out,
However this piece is really very good,
It definitely makes me want to go through that airport again,
If I remember correctly?,
It’s called Cleveland Hopkins International airport? ,
So sorry if I was wrong about the name??,
But everyone In there was very nice and quick so that I could catch my next flight to Toronto,
Or even Akron Ohio here in the states,
The amazing thing about Akron , was the Goodyear-airship hanger,
And being able to see the good year blimp ,
From the window of the plane, of course,
But I definitely would have liked to go out there and see it operate ,
And as I remember,
NASA HAD SOME connection to it all??,
That’s just my understanding??,
Take care everyone and safe travels,
Franz Zrilich
Cleveland, Ohio has an above ground rapid transit system called the Red Line, that was built in the 1950-1965 period and runs from the basement of the Cleveland Union Terminal Tower on Public Square to the far east side of Cleveland, and then to the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
The Red Line dips into a tunnel when it enters Hopkins.
The views of the landscape of Cleveland from the Red Line are very depressing.
Most of Industrial Cleveland was rapidly abandoned from the end of the Korean War and to the end of Vietnam.
So, all that you see from the train are roofless factory shells with lots of large trees growing in them.
The largest employers left in Cleveland are several hospitals.
Realistically, the Red Line also has non-existent public toilets at most stations, so there are pools of urine in places.
And groups of unruly school kids terrorizing the commuters.
As regards the Airdock in Akron, it was renovated two decades ago by a wealthy buyer of a private blimp.
I used to work in the buildings clustered by the Airdock, which originally were an industrial complex called Goodyear Aircraft, then Loral, and now is part of Lockheed Martin.
Almost nothing goes on at Lockheed Martin, since the end of the Cold War.
Blimps are not made there, anymore.
NASA has a large industrial research center on the west side of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Several hundred scientists and engineers work there on propulsion systems for both spacecraft and airplanes.
There are tours of the Glenn Research Center, as it is called, but you should call ahead of time.
Most Americans do not know this, but NASA has a very close relationship with the Department of Defense, so you will see some strange things there.
Because Glenn is surrounded by houses and Hopkins, nothing secret is normally kept there.
Franz Zrilich
What happened here was that by the time it came to buying trains to go into the subway, the population of Cincinnati had changed.
The better productive workers had moved out of town, and commuted by trolley cars and interurban trains, which were over-sized trolley cars that--outside of cities--ran across country on their own rights of way.
With a diminished tax base, Cincinnati could not afford to buy subway cars, nor run them.
Cleveland voted for a subway to be built in the late fifties under Euclid Avenue.
However, the County Engineer pointed out that since 1950 vast numbers of Clevelanders were moving out of Cleveland.
Had the system been built, the city and county would have been burdened with crushing subsidies the city certainly could not afford
Instead of a Euclid subway, the money was used to build an expressway, later converted into the current Interstate system.
IT'S HISTORY
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IRS Medic
I can verify - as a good friend of Ryan's, I can verify that his wallet was really embarrassing on those very few occasions when he took it out. LOL. So you can imagine - I'm really looking forward to hanging out with Ryan and his Ekster Wallet. So many cards to choose from!!!
Chattanooga has History
The lookout mountain from Cameron hill illustration might be from Chattanooga Tennessee
| Little fucker.
Fun fact for those who want to know what the word EKSTER means.
Ekster is the Dutch worde for Magpie.
Magpies are popularly known for "stealing" shiny objects like jewelry and silver teaspoons and bringing them to the nest.
The magpie is an unmistakable bird with its black and white plumage and very long, shiny green tail. The magpie often builds covered nests.
A Belgian.
Planetary Solidarity
Ironically, Cincinnati is the only US city to own an interstate railway, the Cincinnati Southern. It's still in use with tracks terminating in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
DRSNova
Having had back pain from your wallet is pretty laughable...
Johnathen Sweeney
I live in Cincinnati and I think of all the choices Cincinnati's leadership did throughout the years that prevented us from being a bigger and better city. It's really sad all the potential that Cincinnati was wasted. Like literally our Carew Tower and Roebling Bridge inspired the Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge!
Franz Zrilich
Cincinnati's problems were not easily predictable, ahead of time. Also, big city politicians in Ohio were still possessed by a mindset that they easily could meet the threat of the most productive workers fleeing the cities by just annexing the suburbs. However, suburbs had been given Home Rule--I think between 1900 and 1912; The multiple impacts of Home Rule had not yet become obvious to big city politicians.
Electrical Society
The Brooklyn bridge was inspired by the roebling bridge
Frank Pienkosky
@Franz Zrilich relax....you've got a good football team...better not lose another one though...