Anjos Tronchos Lyrics in English Caetano Veloso

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Anjos Tronchos by Caetano Veloso from Portuguese to English.
Some crooked angels from Silicon Valley
Those who live in the dark in full light
Said: Go be virtuous in vice
From screens with blues bluer than blue
Now my story is a dense algorithm
That sells blindfolds to real sellers
My neurons took on a new rhythm
And more, and more, and more, and more, and more
Arab Spring, and right after, the horror
Wanting the world to end
Shadows of love
Macabre clown leaders sprouted
In the empire and its vast backyards
As millennia-old empires return
Armed with total controls
Angels already mil- or bil-, or trillionaires
Command only their mils, bils, trillions
And we, when we're not suckers
Listen to Shoenberg, Webern, Cage, songs
Beautiful brunette
You're here
No skin, screen to screen
Here we are
A vile post can kill
What could be salvation?
Which cloud, if there's not even space
No time, no yes, no no
Yes: Not even no
But there are poems like never
Or like some poet dreamed
Back when there were times long ago
And I go, why not?
I go, why not? I go
Some crooked angels from Silicon Valley
They struck deep the tiniest grain
And while we ask about the beginning
Miss Eilish does everything from the bedroom with her brother
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Anjos Tronchos paints a vibrant yet unsettling portrait of our hyper-connected age. Caetano Veloso imagines “twisted angels” flown in from Silicon Valley who lure us into the glowing blue of our screens. Algorithms feast on our every click, turning personal stories into data for sale, while our own neurons are rewired to crave the endless scroll. The song jumps from the early optimism of the Arab Spring to the rise of clownish, sinister leaders, showing how the same digital tools that once promised freedom can just as quickly spread chaos. Every reference – from Schoenberg’s dissonant harmonies to Billie Eilish crafting hits in her bedroom – reminds us that art keeps evolving inside this digital maelstrom.

Still, Caetano refuses total despair. He asks whether a single hateful post might destroy us, yet he also insists that poetry, music and human presence – “morena bela / estás aqui” – can push back against the void where even time and space feel erased. Anjos Tronchos is both a warning and a celebration: a playful critique of tech addiction, data profiteering and political manipulation, and a joyful nod to the boundless creativity that survives in spite of it all.

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