Lucha De Gigantes Lyrics in English by Aleks Syntek
Descomunal translates to "colossal" or "enormous," but it carries a sense of being out of the ordinary, almost monstrous in scale. It's a less common word than simply "grande" (big), making it more impactful and memorable.
In "Lucha de Gigantes," the lyric "En un mundo descomunal" (In a colossal world) perfectly captures the feeling of being small and vulnerable in the face of overwhelming challenges, like a tiny person in a world of giants. This word evokes a powerful image of vastness and perhaps even a touch of the surreal.
"Lucha De Gigantes" is Aleks Syntek's cover of the Nacha Pop classic, and he plays it as an anthem about feeling small next to a world that keeps getting bigger. He opens with the title line itself, "Lucha de gigantes" (fight of giants), then names the exact thing scaring him: "Convierte, el aire en gas natural" (it turns the air into natural gas), a strange, almost industrial image for something as basic as breathing turning hostile. A few lines later he says it plainly: "Siento mi fragilidad" (I feel my fragility). The chorus turns that fear into a conversation with himself: "Deja de engañar / No quieras ocultar / Que has pasado sin tropezar" (stop deceiving yourself / don't try to hide / that you've made it this far without stumbling) is him calling out his own denial, and "Monstruo de papel" (paper monster) names the trick, the giant chasing him is bigger in his head than it is in real life.
He isn't even sure who he's up against, "No sé contra quien voy" (I don't know who I'm against), and wonders if someone else is caught in it too: "¿O es que acaso hay alguien más aquí?" (or is there maybe someone else here?). By the end the song stops being about the monster and turns into a promise. "Lucha de gigantes, advierte / Deja que pasemos sin miedo" (fight of giants, it warns / let us pass without fear) isn't about winning the fight. It's about walking through it anyway.
