El baile de los muertos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Supersubmarina

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish through music is a fantastic way to connect with the culture, and "El baile de los muertos" by Supersubmarina is a perfect place to start. The song's clear and powerful lyrics offer a glimpse into contemporary social commentary in Spain. Its repetitive and anthemic chorus makes it easy to sing along and learn key vocabulary related to daily life and emotions. This track is special because it combines a catchy indie rock melody with a profound message, making the language learning process both enjoyable and meaningful.

[English]

After so much work, it will be hard to disconnect

You will look in the mirror and not recognize yourself

The one who left this morning is no longer even halfway

And all for what? All for what?

All to be, just to be

Lying on your sofa, alone on your sofa, alone on your sofa

Sold to the markets that don't let you breathe

We live mortgaged to die in peace

And all for what? All for what?

To be just one more, just one more

With nothing to gain, nothing to gain

Nothing to improve

Dead today, wake up and dance

Because it's early morning

They will rise again in the city

Bodies on fire

Dead today, wake up and dance

Free the souls

The lights will go out today

In the mornings

Surrendered, shattered, we have to get up

Slaves of the empires that society marks for us

And if we unite our roles to make them work

And all for what? All for what?

To be able to dream, what are you going to dream?

If you are going to win us, you will not win

If you are going to win us

Dead today, wake up and dance

Because it's early morning

They will rise again in the city

Bodies on fire

Dead today, wake up and dance

Free the souls

The lights will go out today

In the mornings

In the mornings

In the mornings

In the mornings

In the mornings

In the mornings

...

[Spanish]

Después de tanto trabajo, te costará desconectar

Te mirarás al espejo y no te reconocerás

Del que salió esta mañana, no queda ya ni en la mitad

¿Y todo para qué? ¿Todo para qué?

Todo para estar, sólo para estar

Tirado en tu sofá, solo en tu sofá, solo en tu sofá

Vendidos a los mercados que no te dejan respirar

Vivimos hipotecados para poder morir en paz

¿Y todo para qué? ¿Todo para qué?

Para ser uno más, sólo uno más

Sin nada que ganar, nada que ganar

Nada que mejorar

Muertos hoy despertaros y a bailar

Que es de madrugada

Resurgirán en la ciudad

Cuerpos en llamas

Muertos hoy despertaros y a bailar

Liberad las almas

Las luces hoy se apagarán

Por las mañanas

Rendidos hechos pedazos nos tenemos que levantar

Esclavos de los imperios que nos marca la sociedad

Y si unimos nuestros roles para que puedan funcionar

¿Y todo para qué? ¿Todo para qué?

Para poder soñar, qué vas a soñar

Si nos vas a ganar, no vas a ganar

Si nos vas a ganar

Muertos hoy despertaros y a bailar

Que es de madrugada

Resurgirán en la ciudad

Cuerpos en llamas

Muertos hoy despertaros y a bailar

Liberad las almas

Las luces hoy se apagarán

Por las mañanas

Por las mañanas

Por las mañanas

Por las mañanas

Por las mañanas

Por las mañanas

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trabajo /tɾaˈβaxo/ B1	noun - work, effort
desconectar /deskonekˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to disconnect, to turn off
espejo /esˈpexo/ A2	noun - mirror
recoger /rekoxeɾ/ B1	verb - to pick up, to gather
madrugada /madɾuˈɣaða/ A2	noun - dawn, early morning
resurgir /re suɾˈxir/ B2	verb - to resurface, to re-emerge
llamas /ˈʎama/ A2	noun - flames, fires
almas /ˈal.mas/ B1	noun - souls
liberad /liβeˈɾað/ B2	verb - to free, to liberate
apagarán /apaɣaˈɾan/ B2	verb - they will turn off, extinguish
levantar /leβanˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to lift, to raise, to get up
sociedad /sosiaˈðað/ B2	noun - society, community
funcionar /funθioˈnaɾ/ B2	verb - to operate, to function

Key Grammar Structures

• Te mirarás al espejo y no te reconocerás

  ➔ Reflexive verb in future tense

  ➔ The phrase uses a **reflexive verb** "mirarás" combined with the reflexive pronoun "te" to indicate that the subject is performing the action on themselves, in the **future tense**.

• después de tanto trabajo

  ➔ Preposition + noun phrase indicating time

  ➔ The phrase uses the **preposition** "después de" meaning "after" combined with a **noun phrase** "tanto trabajo" to specify a point in time after a significant effort.

• Y si unimos nuestros roles para que puedan funcionar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in a dependent clause

  ➔ The phrase uses the **subjunctive mood** "puedan" within a **dependent clause** introduced by "para que" to express purpose or wish, indicating that they aim for the roles to **function** properly.

• Nada que mejorar

  ➔ Negation with relative pronoun clause

  ➔ The phrase uses the **negation** "Nada" combined with an implied **relative clause** "que mejorar" meaning "that to improve," indicating that there is nothing left to improve.

• Muertos hoy despertaros y a bailar

  ➔ Imperative mood with reflexive and imperative pronouns

  ➔ The phrase uses the **imperative mood** "despertaros" (you all wake up) in combination with the reflexive pronoun "os" (implicitly in "despertaros") to give a command or encouragement to **wake up** and dance.

• Las luces hoy se apagarán

  ➔ Passive voice in future tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the **passive voice** "se apagarán" with the auxiliary "se" indicating that the lights will be turned off, in the **future tense**.