Frankenstein Posmo Lyrics in English by El Cuarteto de Nos
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Frankenstein Posmo by El Cuarteto de Nos from Spanish to English.
Sabia que en algún momento iba a terminar así
I knew that at some point it was going to end up like this
Absorbiendo todo lo que veo, escucho y leo por ahí
Absorbing everything I see, hear, and read around
Con la cabeza inmensa en tanta contaminación
With my head immense in so much contamination
Basura que algunos expertos le llaman 'información'
Garbage that some experts call 'information'
Me atacan imágenes sin dar respiro
Images attack me without giving respite
Me pegan palabras, me aturde el sonido
Words hit me, the sound stuns me
Soy blanco de eslóganes que bombardean
I'm a target of slogans that bombard
Con frases y textos que me abofetean
With phrases and texts that slap me
Hiperestimulado, sentidos colapsados
Overstimulated, senses collapsed
Todo deja su marca en mi cerebro fragmentado
Everything leaves its mark on my fragmented brain
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Y camino solo
And I walk alone
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Como un Frankenstein posmo
Like a postmodern Frankenstein
Buscando la paz que nadie le dio
Looking for the peace that nobody gave him
Cansado de andar
Tired of wandering
Asustando por
Scaring because of
No ser igual
Not being the same
Me tapa tanta data que me es imposible descubrir
So much data covers me that it's impossible to discover
El vacío en el cual poder crear, sentir o construir
The void in which to create, feel or build
Preso de la histeria en la perpetua actualidad
Prisoner of hysteria in the perpetual present
Mi mente es un mosaico con piezas que no van a encajar
My mind is a mosaic with pieces that won't fit
Aunque intente evitarlo no tenga opción
Even if I try to avoid it, I have no option
Al zapping de estímulos sin conexión
To the zapping of stimuli without connection
En esta cultura que muestra en un foro
In this culture that shows in a forum
Saber casi nada de casi todo
Knowing almost nothing about almost everything
Hey, Gestalt
Hey, Gestalt
Soy el ejemplo errante
I'm the wandering example
Del todo es mucho menos que la suma de mis partes
Of the whole is much less than the sum of my parts
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Y camino solo
And I walk alone
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Como un Frankenstein posmo
Like a postmodern Frankenstein
Buscando la paz que nadie le dio
Looking for the peace that nobody gave him
Cansado de andar
Tired of wandering
Asustando por
Scaring because of
No ser igual
Not being the same
Hay piezas que no encajan como en un siniestro Lego
There are pieces that don't fit like in a sinister Lego
A toda esta carga inútil con gusto prendería fuego
I'd gladly set fire to all this useless burden
Un puzle con fragmentos que laten desordenados
A puzzle with fragments that beat disorderly
Por un shock que no fue eléctrico, fue un shock de pixelado
By a shock that wasn't electric, it was a pixelation shock
Pero parezco normal, mi alteración no es visible
But I seem normal, my alteration isn't visible
Como un burdo correlato de aquel monstruo sensible
Like a crude correlate of that sensitive monster
Mi cuerpo no lo sufro, mis acciones las controlo
I don't suffer my body, I control my actions
Mi aspecto no es terrible pero me siento igual de solo
My appearance isn't terrible but I feel just as alone
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Y camino solo
And I walk alone
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Como un Frankenstein posmo
Like a postmodern Frankenstein
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Como un Frankenstein posmo
Like a postmodern Frankenstein
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Como un Frankenstein posmo
Like a postmodern Frankenstein
Buscando la paz que nadie le dio
Looking for the peace that nobody gave him
Cansado de andar
Tired of wandering
Asustando por
Scaring because of
No ser igual
Not being the same
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posmo — postmodern
Posmo is a colloquial and shortened form of "postmoderno" (postmodern). It's a unique and intriguing word that immediately signals a specific cultural and intellectual context.
In the song, the phrase "Frankenstein posmo" refers to a modern-day Frankenstein monster, not made of stitched-together body parts, but rather a fragmented mind overwhelmed by the constant bombardment of information and stimuli in the postmodern era. This word is key to understanding the song's central theme of information overload and identity in the digital age.
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