Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus

This song, along with their whole new album, is absolutely amazing. Recently, the band had an interview that sort of explains this whole album.

"The story is inspired by a diary that Jeremy found in the backseat of a car while working as a repo man," singer/lyricist Bixler-Zavala. "He discovered he had a lot in common with its author. He kept it and let us in on it. The diary told of the author being adopted and looking for his real parents. The names of each song are named after people in the diary. Each person he meets sort of points him in the direction of his biological parents.

This definitely explains the last verse better, but otherwise, it is difficult to interpret these lyrics. Still, an amazing song.

Niño preparate Que vas sufrir Niño preparate Salte veneno Niño preparate Salte de aqui Niño preparate Labios temblando Niño preparate Salte veneno Niño preparate Salte de aqui Niño preparate Brincan los cuerpos Vas a sufrir

Boy prepare yourself Cause youre going to suffer Boy prepare yourself Get out venom Boy prepare yourself Get out of here Boy prepare yourself Lips trembling Boy prepare yourself Get out venom Boy prepare yourself Get out of here Boy prepare yourself The bodies jump Youre going to suffer

Sangre Sonando De rabia naci

Blood Dreaming From rage I was born

Hope that helps.

In the end of the song, they have some sort of recording on the side of the road. You can hear cars passing by. And you can also hear kids playing. At one point, some female says "stop playing that game" and another point you hear, "you guys get out here right now"

I hear Omar Rodriguez (the band's guitarist/writer/producer) on some San Diego station almost a year ago and he explained what the band name meaning was. He said that he was very much into Roman mythology and Mars is the god of war, and some screen play writer or something (I forgot the name) used the word 'volta' as 'contridiction'. So he said, The Mars (roman god of war) Volta (a contridiction) had the meaning of "The Peace Bringers" So there you go :). Band meaning done.

goxdie: I believe it was stated earlier. Cygnus has hundreds of little questions unanswered.

On the topic of the band name (just to throw another thought into the process), people should remember or learn that the "volta" is also the point in a poem (usually a sonnet) where the mood changes. For example, in many Shakespearian sonnets he'll talk about the love of a woman and then in the last two lines talk about how she leaves. Those lines are the Volta.

I think that could be a factor in the name as well.

this song is so ridiculous. someone said before that listening to it was a 'privelege' and they were dead fucking on. i had listened to some tmv before, mostly when i was stoned, and it rocked my world, but i listened to cygnus for the first time when frances first came out, i flipped shit. the entire album is mind-blowing, the themes and the story behind it is epic, and cygnus is definitely my favorite track. listening to it takes me to these epic places. ive never been on acid, but i imagine its a lot like listening to this bad ass song

Huh, never noticed the slow jams part of this song before and leading into the verse "I count the days to find, what was left behind" is lifted directly from Drunkship of Lanterns as heard on the Live EP.

Oh, and this song poops on my chest. In the good way.

yo so i read more comments and ... alkaline asshole you rock my world

heroin is totaly heroin and you are so right ... like a hundred percent im sorry the talons scratch my viens and these are the devils that replace them

it can be interperated this way... the knowledge that will free me ... let me fly... is not answered and so i replace my pain with H... like hands fucken down im so certain you are right.... thank you ...goddamn...

All the severed proof Talons scratch my suite These are the feathers That replace them

All night I’ll hunt for you Let me show you what I mean Sangre Sonando De rabia nací

I found the remnants Of a crescent fang It cleaned my wing Down to the bone Umbilical syllables Left to decode There was no cradle I can taste it Come on now

duh now that makes sense ... the venom is fucken H ... yo i got to figure out the spanish parts of this verse now ... fuck i love you alkaline trio mother fucker... god damn this is a breakthrough

but oh my god i havent given drugs anythought at all in this album till now and ive only studied this track and l'via l'viaquez god damn... okay

yo maybe this shit is like way deeper than any of us thought and there isnt even like.....

I count the days to find What was left behind Only these names I clutch Will lead me to my home Somehow this river marks A wrinkle hand in mine And everyday that parts The water into two Mothers and feathers start To drown the living proof I can’t remember these lakes of blood Wrapped in a blanket There sweats a cut

okay i think i take back what i said about some stuff

the mother and the feathers start to kill i say that bird is referance to drug everytime it comes up in any form egg talon what you ...for like shit and certain... my god im rambling ... i think im going to search on a new song now

First off can anybody translate the spanish? I'm dumb and not bi-lingual. Second the only difference that I got was in the third verse and that was "Five Hundred Little Cumes" as in "Five Hundred People Watching" but maybe I'm wrong. Cause to me it sounds like an abortion is either being performed or has been by the end of the song, but something isn't right and it's still alive, hense "an abortion that survived" and "will they feed us the womb". And does anybody else have a opinion or answer to all the smoking references throughout the album? "Those nicotine stains" and "A wrinkle hand in mine" cause when people smoke they get that drawstring bag look around the mouth and what not. And as for nicotine stains obviously that's referring to the smoker's hands, clothes, teeth, hair, etc. I'd love to hear anybody else's opinion on all of this. Thanks