El Anillo Del Capitán Beto Lyrics in English Invisible

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Chorus 1

There goes Captain Beto through space

With his fiber ship made in Haedo

Yesterday bus driver

Today master among the masters of the air

He's already been fifteen years on his journey

His gear is as precarious as his fate

Yet a strange ring

Drives off his dangers out in the cosmos

Chorus 2

There goes Captain Beto through space

Carlitos' photo on the console

And a River Plate pennant

And the sad holy card of a saint

Verse 1

Where is the place that everybody calls heaven?

If nobody comes up here

To serve me some bitter mates like at my old doorstep

Why would I have come all the way here

If I can't take any more loneliness?

I can't stand the loneliness anymore

Chorus 3

His ring immunizes him from danger

But it doesn't protect him from sadness

Sailing through man's galaxy

There goes Captain Beto, the wanderer

Verse 2

Where might there be a city

In which somebody whistles a tango?

Verse 2

Where are they, where are they

The garbage trucks, my mom and the café?

If this goes on just like this

Not even a sad shadow will remain

Chorus 4

There goes Captain Beto through space

Watering the geraniums in his cabin

Without a compass and without radio

He'll never be able to return to Earth

Chorus 5

It took many years until they found him

Beto's ring bore inscribed a symbol of the soul

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SONG MEANING

"El Anillo Del Capitán Beto" tells the bittersweet odyssey of Captain Beto, an everyday Buenos Aires bus driver who suddenly finds himself piloting a fragile fiber-glass spaceship. While his mysterious ring keeps him safe from cosmic dangers, nothing shields him from homesickness. Surrounded by humble relics of Earth—a photo of legendary footballer Carlitos, a River Plate pennant, a saint’s card—Beto cruises through the stars asking where one might sip mate, whistle a tango, or hear the rumble of garbage trucks again. His journey becomes a metaphor for anyone who leaves home chasing bigger dreams only to discover that safety and success mean little without the warmth of familiar streets.

The song balances playful sci-fi imagery with poignant social commentary. Beto’s outdated equipment and missing radio hint at marginalized workers sent off with scant resources, while his endless search for “heaven” questions whether paradise even exists if it is stripped of community. Invisible wraps this reflection in soaring prog-rock melodies, making the track both an interstellar adventure and an emotional study of exile, nostalgia, and the universal longing to belong.

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Invisible El Anillo Del Capitán Beto Lyrics