N.O.M. Lyrics in English Bunbury
Sermones translates to "sermons," which are typically religious speeches. It's an interesting word choice in a rock song, immediately grabbing attention.
Bunbury uses it here to refer to the advice or lectures from "oradores que saben lo que te sienta bien" (speakers who know what's good for you). It implies a sense of being preached to or told how to live, rather than genuinely guided, adding a layer of irony and critique to the lyrics.
N.O.M. (short for Nuevo Orden Mundial or New World Order) is Bunbury’s tongue-in-cheek critique of modern complacency. The Australian rocker invites you to sip “té verde de jazmín” and swallow the smooth sermons of self-proclaimed gurus while the real puppeteers pull every string behind the curtain. Between images of a never-closing brothel and the ground trembling beneath your feet, Bunbury mocks our demands for luxury “in prime-time” even as we blindly obey and bark on command.
The chorus drives the point home: society expects obedience, not brilliance. If we stay distracted, the only stage we will ever earn is one where we howl like dogs. N.O.M. is therefore both a sardonic anthem and a wake-up call, urging listeners to question who sets the rules, who profits from our routines, and how much of our talent is being squandered while the so-called New World Order keeps smiling, confident we “don’t know how to appreciate” what is really happening.
