I loved this song before I had any idea what he was saying in Portuguese, but I recently found a translation on lyricstranslate and it was a strange feeling to find out that he's saying this (more or less):
Maria, Maria
Our son is close (nearby)
Tonight I saw him in a dream
Calling me
I could notice him before
Tonight I saw him suddenly, vaguely
Maria, Maria
Maria I'm afraid you won't make it in time
That he appears in my nocturnal room
With a knife in hand
And a violent smile on his lips
It's necessary to stop him from growing away from us
And don't recognize us
Maria, Maria
Don't think I'm crazy
Our son is already born
And if we are not aware
How will we know
That our own flesh kills us
Maria, Maria
(Try even arriving
red head of hair
Like a conflagration more beautiful than us)
While we think
That lies yet
Inside the shoebox
Don't let our son
Replace your milk
With that of the beasts
Maria, Maria
Maria
Don't delude yourself with pills or other methods
Too late for providence
Tonight, Maria, tonight he yelled your name
Maria, Maria
And I was even more surprised that it actually happens to touch on one of my deepest fears, that if I had a baby it would be a possessed demon baby!
So the moral of my story is if there's ever a song you love in a different language that you don't understand, get it translated! It might just be about your fear of demon babies. :)
I loved this song before I had any idea what he was saying in Portuguese, but I recently found a translation on lyricstranslate and it was a strange feeling to find out that he's saying this (more or less):
Maria, Maria Our son is close (nearby) Tonight I saw him in a dream Calling me I could notice him before Tonight I saw him suddenly, vaguely Maria, Maria Maria I'm afraid you won't make it in time That he appears in my nocturnal room With a knife in hand And a violent smile on his lips It's necessary to stop him from growing away from us And don't recognize us Maria, Maria Don't think I'm crazy Our son is already born And if we are not aware How will we know That our own flesh kills us Maria, Maria (Try even arriving red head of hair Like a conflagration more beautiful than us) While we think That lies yet Inside the shoebox Don't let our son Replace your milk With that of the beasts Maria, Maria Maria Don't delude yourself with pills or other methods Too late for providence Tonight, Maria, tonight he yelled your name Maria, Maria
And I was even more surprised that it actually happens to touch on one of my deepest fears, that if I had a baby it would be a possessed demon baby!
So the moral of my story is if there's ever a song you love in a different language that you don't understand, get it translated! It might just be about your fear of demon babies. :)