El Negro Cósmico – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Caifanes
• Album: Caifanes II: El Diablito

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic depth of Caifanes' "El Negro Cósmico" and experience rock en español at its finest. This song is a masterclass in using evocative language to explore profound existential themes, making it an excellent piece to understand complex Spanish metaphors and expressions. Its rich lyrical content and powerful sound offer a unique window into Mexican rock culture and the band's distinctive style.

[English]

I'm lost among Mary's masses

In a doctrine that doesn’t understand freedoms

I’m secretly changing phases

I’m scattered in the same overdose

...

I’m lost in the scales of your life

I’m running out of blood, my dear

I’m drowning in superhuman words

That you’d tell me you believe me, yet you believe nothing

What am I to do

If the corpse isn’t forgotten with the skin

What am I to do

If the present distorts my reason

I’m lost in a cosmic blackness

I’m lost in a cosmic blackness

I’m lost in a cosmic blackness

...

What am I to do

If the corpse isn’t forgotten with the skin

What am I to do

If the present distorts my reason

...

I’m lost in a cosmic blackness

I’m lost in a cosmic blackness

I’m lost in a cosmic blackness.

...

[Spanish]

Estoy perdido entre las misas de María

En una doctrina que no entiende libertades

Estoy cambiándome de fases a escondidas

Estoy regado en la misma sobredosis

Estoy perdido en las escamas de tu vida

Estoy quedándome sin sangre querida

Estoy hundido en las palabras sobrehumanas

En que me digas que me crees y no crees nada

Que voy a hacer

Si el cadáver no se olvida con la piel

Que voy a hacer

Si el presente distorsiona mi razón

Estoy perdido en un negro cósmico

Estoy perdido en un negro cósmico

Estoy perdido en un negro cósmico

Que voy a hacer

Si el cadáver no se olvida con la piel

Que voy a hacer

Si el presente distorsiona mi razón

Estoy perdido en un negro cósmico

Estoy perdido en un negro cósmico

Estoy perdido en un negro cósmico.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
perdido per-di-do A2	adjective - lost
misas mi-sas A2	noun - mass
doctrina dok-tri-na B1	noun - doctrine
libertades li-ber-ta-des A2	noun - freedoms
cambiándome kam-bi-an-do-me A2	verb - changing myself
fases fa-ses B1	noun - phases
escondidas es-kon-di-das A2	adjective - hidden
regado re-ga-do B1	verb - scattered
sobredosis so-bre-do-sis B1	noun - overdose
escamas es-ka-mas B1	noun - scales
sangre san-gre A1	noun - blood
hundido un-di-do A2	adjective - sunk
sobrehumanas so-bre-u-ma-nas B2	adjective - superhuman
distorsiona dis-tor-sio-na B1	verb - distorts
cósmico kos-mi-ko B1	adjective - cosmic
cadáver ka-da-ber A2	noun - corpse

Key Grammar Structures

• Estoy perdido entre las misas de María

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The verb 'estoy' (I am) + gerund 'perdido' (getting lost) indicates an action happening now. Here, 'estoy perdido' highlights the ongoing state of being lost.

• Estoy cambiándome de fases a escondidas

  ➔ Reflexive verb + present progressive

  ➔ The reflexive verb 'cambiándome' (changing myself) with 'me' emphasizes the action is done to the subject. Combined with present continuous, it shows an ongoing, hidden change.

• Estoy regado en la misma sobredosis

  ➔ Past participle used as adjective

  ➔ 'Regado' (scattered) is a past participle functioning as an adjective, describing the state of the subject. It modifies 'estoy' to convey a sense of being overwhelmed.

• Estoy quedándome sin sangre querida

  ➔ Present continuous with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The indirect object pronoun 'te' (to you) is used with 'quedándome' (staying) to indicate the action affects the listener. It adds emotional depth to the sentence.

• Que voy a hacer / Si el cadáver no se olvida con la piel

  ➔ Future tense + conditional clause

  ➔ 'Voy a hacer' (I am going to do) is future tense, expressing intention. The conditional clause 'si el cadáver no se olvida' (if the corpse is not forgotten) introduces a hypothetical situation.