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Inextinguible

from Land Baby by Lara Manzanares

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Intextinguible

En el corazón tengo un derrame chiquitito
Será por el desgaste de mi ser
Con los ojos he tallado un riíto
En las mejillas brota un amanecer

Cuando el golpe anulador le estrella al alma
Dime cómo se manifiesta el moretón
Morado, de tantos morados
Profunda y muda destrucción

El derrame se desliza por la boca
Y lanzan los colores de mi ser
En las uñas, esmalte de sangre
En el rostro un azul guardamujer

Con un soplido se apaga la veladora
Virgen María ayúdame a esconder
Condenada al castigo del silencio
Ya no brillo, para dejar de doler

Tras los tajos de la piel sale un sol
Poco a poquito se arrastra un resplandor
De esos de los cuales que se miran
Cuando provoca al toro el matador

De repente se despliega el amarillo
La paloma comienza su currucucú
Deslumbrando el vacío de la noche
Inextinguible, como yo, como tu...

En el corazón tengo un derrame chiquitito
Será por el desgaste de mi ser
Con los ojos, ya miro hacia adelante
Yo no permito que se apague mi poder


SPANISH - ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Intextinguible / Unextinguishable

In my heart I have a tiny little leak
Perhaps my being shows its wear and tear
With my eyes I have sculpted a rivulet
On my cheeks a dawn is breaking

When the knockout punch crushes your soul
Tell me, how does the bruise appear
Purple, of so many purples*
A destruction both profound and mute

The leak spills out of my mouth
And the colors of my being burst forth
On my fingernails, bloody polish
On my face, a protective handmaiden blue

With one puff the votive candle is snuffed
Virgin Mary, please help me to hide
Condemned to a punishment of silence
I no longer shine, to stop the hurting inside

Behind the gashes in my skin a sun appears
Little by little, a brightness draws near
The kind of brightness you might see
When the matador provokes the bull

Suddenly the yellow unfurls
The dove commences her "cu-currucucu"
Dazzling the emptiness of the night
Unextinguishable – like me, like you

In my heart I have a tiny little leak
Perhaps my being shows its wear and tear
With my eyes I now look forward
My power will not be extinguished.

* Depending on the context, “morado” can mean both “purple” and “bruise”

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from Land Baby, released October 16, 2017
Music and Lyrics © 2017 Lara Manzanares
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jono Manson at The Kitchen Sink Studios, Santa Fe, NM
Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

Musicians:
Lara Manzanares (lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar), Jono Manson (lead baritone guitar), Mark Clark (percussion), Justin Bransford (bass)

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Lara Manzanares Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter of New Mexican heritage. In addition to singing the Mexican music of her sheep-ranching childhood, Lara also composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. With songs both playful and sincere, Lara draws on her rural roots and her urban experiences as she sings about love, loss, a sense of place, and her own connection to the land. ... more

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