Así De Grandes Son Las Ideas Lyrics in English Calle 13

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Intro

At the zero meridian in the central zone

Near the limit and far from the end

Between two valleys with the sky clear

Over a field with a starry horizon

There's a small yet immense factory

Of an old sage that survives because he thinks

Verse 1

Master of multiple maneuvers

The old man is the mix of the best of the leftovers

The world exploded and was left deserted and the old man

Inherited the best of everything that had died

He has telescopic vision, turtle skin

Chameleon tongue and caterpillar sense of smell

The old man is the surgeon of time, time, time

Verse 1

In cold blood he operates on every moment

All the minutes that get lost out there

He can recover them with a scalpel

He stretches seconds so that they become longer

He also transplants bitter moments

And if the bitterness continues and nothing consoles him

He applies a bit of anesthesia so that it doesn't hurt

So that it doesn't hurt, so that it doesn't hurt

Chorus 1

They become eternal when they're loved

And they always live and never die

When they fall asleep they're defenseless

And they wake up when you think of them

They're attacked and they're defended

The most valuable ones are never sold

They reach everything they desire

That's how big ideas are

They become eternal when they're loved

And they always live and never die

When they fall asleep they're defenseless

And they wake up when you think of them

They're attacked and they're defended

The most valuable ones are never sold

They reach everything they desire

That's how big ideas are

Verse 2

If he wants to give life to a new cycle

Every so often he lays eggs

He doesn't eat much because he's cold-blooded

And he feeds on flies that live only one day

And if there's no food I don't blame him

If he feeds on his own body like octopuses

He wouldn't die even if he ate his entire body

He's like the salamander, he regenerates fast

Years can go by

But to this hermit time does no harm

He's immortal like the saints

His vertebrae are tree, that's why he lasts so long

The wise old man never forgets anything

Because he has his memory frozen

His memories are whole, he preserves them with dry ice

Eighty degrees below zero

Chorus 2

They become eternal when they're loved

And they always live and never die

When they fall asleep they're defenseless

And they wake up when you think of them

They're attacked and they're defended

The most valuable ones are never sold

They reach everything they desire

That's how big ideas are

They become eternal when they're loved

And they always live and never die

When they fall asleep they're defenseless

And they wake up when you think of them

They're attacked and they're defended

The most valuable ones are never sold

They reach everything they desire

That's how big ideas are

Verse 3

Repetition

The repetition of an action

Is the most effective technique for prolongation

That's why he repeats himself even though he's getting bored

He's already been living nine thousand five hundred years

And it's that he no longer faces major problems

From so much repetition he learned from his mistakes

For the old man it's an abyss, living isn't that pretty

Verse 3

When you live the same thing every day

He'd like to be different but repeating himself and controlling time

He already does it by instinct

He tried to kill himself in different ways

But the old man without oxygen breathes anyway

Because the great ideas that are discovered

Always renew his dead cells

Chorus 3

They become eternal when they're loved

And they always live and never die

When they fall asleep they're defenseless

And they wake up when you think of them

They're attacked and they're defended

The most valuable ones are never sold

They reach everything they desire

That's how big ideas are

They become eternal when they're loved

And they always live and never die

When they fall asleep they're defenseless

And they wake up when you think of them

They're attacked and they're defended

The most valuable ones are never sold

They reach everything they desire

That's how big ideas are

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Rene Perez

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ermitaño — hermit

Ermitaño translates to "hermit". It's an evocative and somewhat rare word in song lyrics, immediately bringing to mind an image of solitude and wisdom.

In the context of the song, it refers to the "viejo sabio" (wise old man) who lives an incredibly long life, constantly learning and adapting. The song states, "Pueden pasar los años, pero a este ermitaño el tiempo no le hace daño," highlighting his timeless existence and resilience, much like a hermit who is detached from the usual constraints of society and time.

Picture a post-apocalyptic landscape where a quirky, ageless inventor guards the last spark of humanity: ideas. Calle 13 turns this sci-fi tale into a playground of imagination, describing an elder who can stretch seconds, transplant bad memories, and even feed on his own flesh like an octopus, all so creativity never dies. Every fantastical body part — telescopic eyes, turtle skin, chameleon tongue — is really a symbol of the limitless forms an idea can take when we nurture it.

Through the hypnotic chorus, the song reminds us that ideas become eternal when we love them, defend them, and refuse to sell them out. They survive boredom, repetition, and even attempted self-destruction, constantly regenerating like salamanders. In short, Calle 13 delivers a poetic manifesto: no matter how desolate the world may seem, the sheer size and resilience of our ideas can still light up the sky.

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