That day will one day come
It will not be soon or late
When there is no longer a match
what burns is the finger.
What goes up will have to come down
And even though during the climb
It's not a question of looking at your feet
I don't know if these mountain climbers
have thought about the way down.
And if that day the omelette turns
you'll see how few of us are left afloat
The one, the two, the three
and stop counting
that everyone else
is playing "Granny Steps" 1
The one, the two, the three
and stop singing
because no one is interested in listening.
Even though we seem more on pictures
we are only three moths
that from too much hitting the glass
have sneaked in through the light bulb
Until the light of this lamp
is no longer what it was
and lights up only to
be seen from the outside
like the one in the fridge...
If from that calm the omelette turns
you'll see how few of us are left afloat
The one, the two, the three
and stop counting
that everyone else
is playing "Granny Steps"
The one, the two, the three
and stop singing
because no one is interested in listening.
And maybe we'll go back to the local
to sing to ourselves
that thing of "I can't get up today" 2
and let that silly thing
mist our gazes.
Tears of past water
stripping the paint out of the facade.
1. Kid's game. One kid is faced against the wall and counts or says a phrase. During the time the kid is facing the wall the other kids approach him, as soon as the kid turns around the other participants need to stay still as if they were statues. There were many names for this game and everyone calls it differently so this is just one of those many ways. 2. Hoy no me puedo levantar, one of the most famous, if not the most, Mecano songs.