| Entre programas concurso y de
| Between contest programs and
|
| morbo,
| morbid,
|
| vive la mente atrapada al remoto.
| lives the mind trapped in the remote.
|
| Antes los poetas exaltaban el
| Before the poets exalted the
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| amor,
| love,
|
| y este sueño era mejor.
| and this dream was better.
|
| Drogas y pagas se pasan en sobres,
| Drugs and pay are passed in envelopes,
|
| libres de cargas, cargadas con
| unencumbered, loaded with
|
| cortes.
| cuts.
|
| Somos los idiotas que picamos en
| We are the idiots that we sting on
|
| probar,
| try out,
|
| y con todo nos pillamos,
| and with everything we caught ourselves,
|
| hay que ver lo que tragamos.
| we have to see what we swallow.
|
| Cuánta historia,
| how much history
|
| cuánta historia,
| how much history,
|
| hay para escapar.
| there is to escape
|
| Este negocio se basa en el cuento,
| This business is based on the story,
|
| de los humanos que miden su imperio,
| Of the humans who measure their empire,
|
| por los polvos que han echado fuera de
| for the powders they have thrown out of
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| lugar,
| place,
|
| y las vidas que han dejado con el miedo
| and the lives they have left with fear
|
| entre las manos.
| between hands.
|
| Cuánta historia,
| how much history
|
| cuánta historia,
| how much history,
|
| hay para escapar.
| there is to escape
|
| En este mundo de claro y confuso,
| In this world of clear and confusing,
|
| no hay más camino que hacerse con uno.
| there is no other way than to get one.
|
| sé tú mi maestro y dime qué debo
| be my teacher and tell me what I should
|
| aprender,
| learn,
|
| para ser mejor humano y que no me den
| to be a better human and not get hit
|
| el palo.
| the stick.
|
| Cuánta historia,
| how much history
|
| cuánta historia,
| how much history,
|
| hay para escapar. | there is to escape |