Las Palabras Lyrics in English Bunbury

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Las Palabras by Bunbury from Spanish to English.

Verse 1

The words

Will stop flowing

Verse 1

Without wanting to kill, they leave the wounded

They haven't wanted

To stray from the truth

Verse 1

And sincerity doesn't go with you

The words

They choose the moment

Verse 1

They prefer silence to so much noise

They've decided

To shut up

Verse 1

And let the others go on their way

Chorus 1

One step first, the other next

There's someone who prefers to stay asleep

And it doesn't make sense to talk to the wall

Yes, knock, knock, knock, knock, you don't answer

Ow-ow-ow

If words

Get tangled in a spiral

Floating in the inebriation of melancholy

They'd rather

Testimonial reality

Than a filthy lie

The words

They can reach you

With blows of rhyme and kung fu

Backlit

And in shadows

You name them and they're yours and nobody else's

One step first, the other next

There's someone who prefers to stay asleep

And it doesn't make sense to talk to the wall

Yes, knock, knock, knock, knock, you don't answer

Ow-ow-ow

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SONG MEANING

Las Palabras paints words as living, breathing rebels. Sometimes they burst out like "kung-fu" punches, other times they tip-toe away and hide in silence. Bunbury reminds us that language can heal or wound, so the song’s words refuse to be weapons. They would rather wait for the right moment than add more empty noise. If honesty is absent, they stay quiet, watching those who prefer to keep “continuar dormido” – asleep to truth.

Yet, when truth finally arrives, these words strike with rhymes, shadows, and raw sincerity. They despise "mentira cochina" – nasty lies – and crave real, testimonial reality. The message is playful but pointed: speak only when your words carry meaning, because once voiced they are yours and no one else’s. Otherwise, talking is like knocking on a wall that never answers back.

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