Como Eran Las Cosas Lyrics in English by Babasónicos
Hechizo translates to "spell" or "charm". It's a captivating word that evokes magic and enchantment, making it stand out from everyday vocabulary.
In the song, the lyric "deshace el hechizo que me obliga a arrastrarme" (undo the spell that forces me to drag myself) uses this word metaphorically. It suggests the singer feels trapped or compelled by an unseen force, as if under a magical influence, highlighting a sense of being bound by circumstances or a relationship.
Babasónicos wrote "Como Eran las Cosas" about a couple pulling away from the pressure the world puts on them. It opens mid-argument, the narrator ready to retreat with one more excuse ("another smoke bomb") rather than keep fighting, frustrated that their relationship keeps getting squeezed by outside judgment.
From there the song slips into something dreamier. The two close their eyes and teleport somewhere they would rather be, breaking the spell that keeps pulling the narrator back to crawl between Guinea and her sheets, an image about distance and longing more than geography.
The chorus keeps circling the same memory: maybe it happened one blindfolded morning, the moment they first discovered how things really were. The bridge admits it plainly, that this is only a passing moment everyone eventually goes through, before the song settles back into that same hazy escape and repeats it until it feels like the whole point.
