(Try saying that five times fast).
In the meantime, below is a music video from legendary rock en Español group Soda Stereo. For the past few weeks I have been listening to a lot of their songs for numerous reasons:
- as a reminder of my youth and how it was fleeting
- as a distraction from my troubles (Exhibit A)
- because I really want them to come to NYC during their reunion tour
The song is called "Cuando Pasa el Temblor" ("After the Tremor"). Despite its them of love and slight double entendres, I feel that the song teaches how one can be helped by hope even when the odds are not in one's favor. (This weekend is the perfect example; I'm attending a mass in honor of the second year of dad's death).
Without further delay here is the video (link):
Why is this the "apt song" at this time for me? Check out the rough translation of the lyrics:
I, will walk between stones
Until feeling the tremor, in my legs
Sometimes I have fear, I know
At times shame
I, am seated in a desert crater
I continue waiting the tremor in my body
Nobody saw me leave, I know
Nobody waits for me
There is a crack in my heart
A planet with disillusionment
There, I will find you in those ruins
and we won't speak of the tremor
I will kiss you on your tremor, I know
It will be a good moment
There is a crack in my heart
A planet with disillusionment
The tremor,
wake me up when we pass the tremor
