Aquí No Es Así Lyrics in English by Caifanes

Deidad translates to "deity" or "god/goddess". It's a striking and somewhat rare word in everyday Spanish, making it stand out in song lyrics.

In "Aquí No Es Así," Caifanes uses deidad to evoke a sense of ultimate ambition and spiritual power, as the lyrics speak of "sueñas llegar a ser deidad" (you dream of becoming a deity). This word adds a profound, almost mythical dimension to the song's exploration of destiny and ancient spiritual paths.

Someone arrives on foot, not even sure of their own destiny, chasing a dream of becoming a god: "Conquistando sueños sueñas llegar a ser deidad" (You dream of conquering, you dream of becoming a deity). They've walked ground like this before, calling up forces they'll never understand. Caifanes are specific about where this traveler comes from: nowhere the sun reaches, nowhere warm, a place that never once bled for love, "Donde la sangre nunca se sacrificó por un amor" (Where blood was never sacrificed for a love).

Here works differently. This ground has its own order: "Pisoteando sabios templos de amor espiritual" (Trampling wise temples of spiritual love), old lives still keeping watch over a volcano's dream, every stone doubling as an altar. Whatever the visitor is carrying, it doesn't fit here, and the song keeps saying so plainly: "Pero aquí no es así" (But here it's not like that). It plays like a song about conquest, someone showing up somewhere old and sacred armed only with their own hunger, without ever naming who's arriving or why. It just repeats that one line and lets the distance between the two worlds explain itself.