Lo Bello y lo Bestia – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: The New Raemon
• Album: Libre Asociación

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into “Lo Bello y lo Bestia,” a profound track by The New Raemon, perfect for immersing yourself in Spanish indie rock. This song offers a rich vocabulary for discussing emotions and internal conflict, while its shift to a more electric sound makes it a compelling listen for understanding modern Spanish music. Through its poignant lyrics, you can explore themes of self-discovery and artistic evolution, making it a unique gateway to the language and the artist's distinctive style.

[English]

Any day now I'm going to rise up and I'm going to explode.

The existential wound, much to my regret, the animal consciousness,

My own destruction, the contradiction, an old collision.

I continue my campaign without forgetting that it's temporary.

I squeeze this talent until I bleed my community dry.

I run over the staff that is yet to arrive.

Continual evasion of reality, transformed into song,

The one of a straw man who will scare away our argument.

Any day now I'm going to rise up and I'm going to explode.

And I'm going to explode!

And I'm going to explode!

The beautiful and the beastly of living creates a great noise when it comes out,

The proud thorn when writing tightens the crown, doesn't it?

Doesn't it?

Doesn't it?

...

[Spanish]

Cualquier día de estos me voy a alzar y voy a reventar.

La herida existencial, muy a mi pesar, la conciencia animal,

Mi propia destrucción, la contradicción, vieja colisión.

Prosigo mi campaña sin olvidar que es eventual.

Exprimo este talento hasta desangrar a mi comunidad.

Me llevo por delante al personal que aún está por llegar.

Continua evasión de la realidad, transformada en canción,

La de un hombre de paja que ahuyentará nuestra argumentación.

Cualquier día de estos me voy a alzar y voy a reventar.

¡Y voy a reventar!

¡Y voy a reventar!

Lo bello y lo bestia de vivir produce un gran estruendo al salir,

La espina orgullosa al escribir me aprieta la corona, no es así.

No es así.

No es así.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
alzar /alˈθar/ B1	verb - to raise or lift up
reventar /reβenˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to burst or explode
herida /eˈɾiða/ A2	noun - wound or injury
conciencia /konˈθjensja/ B1	noun - consciousness or awareness
destrucción /destruˈksjon/ B2	noun - destruction
contradicción /kontraðiˈkθjon/ B2	noun - contradiction
campaña /kamˈpaɲa/ B1	noun - campaign
comunidad /komuniˈðað/ A2	noun - community
evasión /eβaˈsjon/ B2	noun - evasion or escape
realidad /realiˈðað/ A2	noun - reality
argumentación /aɾɣumen̪taˈθjon/ B2	noun - argumentation or reasoning
estruendo /esˈtɾwendo/ B2	noun - noise or uproar
espina /esˈpina/ A2	noun - thorn or spine
orgullosa /oɾɣuˈʝosa/ B1	adjective - proud
escribir /es.kɾiˈβiɾ/ A1	verb - to write

Key Grammar Structures

• Cualquier día de estos me voy a alzar y voy a reventar.

  ➔ Ir + a + infinitive (future intention)

  ➔ "Voy a alzar" and "voy a reventar" express the speaker's intention or prediction about what they are going to do in the near future. This is a very common way to express future actions in Spanish.

• La herida existencial, muy a mi pesar, la conciencia animal,

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of concession: A pesar de

  ➔ "Muy a mi pesar" means "much to my regret" or "despite my regret". The full construction is "A pesar de + [noun/pronoun/clause]".

• Prosigo mi campaña sin olvidar que es eventual.

  ➔ Subjunctive in noun clauses after verbs expressing doubt/uncertainty (olvidar que)

  ➔ Although "olvidar" doesn't always require the subjunctive, in this case, the speaker is not entirely certain about the eventual nature of their campaign, making the subjunctive mood more appropriate: "que es eventual" instead of "que sea eventual". In many cases with verbs like pensar, creer, recordar and olvidar the indicative mood is used to state certainty, and the subjunctive to state uncertainty or doubt. However, there is significant dialectical and personal variation.

• Me llevo por delante al personal que aún está por llegar.

  ➔ Estar por + infinitive (something remains to be done)

  ➔ "Está por llegar" means "remains to arrive" or "has yet to arrive". It indicates that an action is pending or has not yet occurred.

• Continua evasión de la realidad, transformada en canción,

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (transformada)

  ➔ "Transformada" is the past participle of "transformar" and it functions as an adjective modifying "evasión". It describes the evasion as being transformed into a song.

• Lo bello y lo bestia de vivir produce un gran estruendo al salir

  ➔ Using the article "lo" to nominalize adjectives

  ➔ "Lo bello" (the beautiful) and "lo bestia" (the beastly/bestial) are examples of using "lo" to turn adjectives into abstract nouns. This is common in Spanish to refer to general concepts or qualities.