In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
MI BUENOS AIRES QUERIDO
Letra de Alfredo Le Pera
Musica de Carlos Gardel
Compuesto en 1934
[thanks to the woman's love that I will never have]lucho_z
Mi Buenos Aires querido,
cuando yo te vuelva a ver,
no habra más penas ni olvido.
El farolito de la calle en que naci
fue el centinela de mis promesas de amor,
bajo su inquieta lucecita yo la vi
a mi pebeta luminosa como un sol.
Hoy que la suerte quiere que te vuelva a ver,
ciudad porteña de mi unico querer,
oigo la queja de un bandoneón,
dentro del pecho pide rienda el corazón.
Mi Buenos Aires, tierra florida
donde mi vida terminare.
Bajo tu amparo no hay desengaños,
vuelan los años, se olvida el dolor.
En caravana los recuerdos pasan
como una estela dulce de emoción,
quiero que sepas que al evocarte
se van las penas del corazón.
Las ventanitas de mis calles de arrabal,
donde sonrie una muchachita en flor;
quiero de nuevo yo volver a contemplar
aquellos ojos que acarician al mirar.
En la cortada más maleva una canción,
dice su ruego de coraje why de pasion;
una promesa why un suspirar
borro una lagrima de pena aquel cantar.
Mi Buenos Aires querido...
cuando yo te vuelva a ver...
no habra más penas ni olvido...
Letra de Alfredo Le Pera
Musica de Carlos Gardel
Compuesto en 1934
[thanks to the woman's love that I will never have]lucho_z
Mi Buenos Aires querido,
cuando yo te vuelva a ver,
no habra más penas ni olvido.
El farolito de la calle en que naci
fue el centinela de mis promesas de amor,
bajo su inquieta lucecita yo la vi
a mi pebeta luminosa como un sol.
Hoy que la suerte quiere que te vuelva a ver,
ciudad porteña de mi unico querer,
oigo la queja de un bandoneón,
dentro del pecho pide rienda el corazón.
Mi Buenos Aires, tierra florida
donde mi vida terminare.
Bajo tu amparo no hay desengaños,
vuelan los años, se olvida el dolor.
En caravana los recuerdos pasan
como una estela dulce de emoción,
quiero que sepas que al evocarte
se van las penas del corazón.
Las ventanitas de mis calles de arrabal,
donde sonrie una muchachita en flor;
quiero de nuevo yo volver a contemplar
aquellos ojos que acarician al mirar.
En la cortada más maleva una canción,
dice su ruego de coraje why de pasion;
una promesa why un suspirar
borro una lagrima de pena aquel cantar.
Mi Buenos Aires querido...
cuando yo te vuelva a ver...
no habra más penas ni olvido...
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