everything is weird (except worms)

my country is about to go to elections (next month), i only need to look around me, to all my neighbor countries, and look back in history, to know we don't have much of a chance at winning this time. of course by we i mean the people, i mean the left wing.

luckily for me, as we say, la esperanza es lo último que se pierde (hope springs eternal), so i can't help myself, i'm still hoping we do win. it wouldn't be first time, we are historically known for resisting, maybe we could do it this time too. 

not to say i am not scared, there's several fascists groups that have been growing like crazy the past few years, and they keep winning in almost every local election (although is never an absolute win, and they have to share government with the left), so it could happen for the Big one this time, and if they win..... things are gonna get real bad really fast. i honestly can't even think about it without bursting into tears, so i don't think i can really write about it either. 

instead i'm gonna share one of my favorite songs, 

the song is in andalú, which is a spanish dialect, one that is meant to be spoken, not so much written, so to write it in actual regular spanish was a little challenging, but fun, it felt like translating a text. 

it's called UNO MÁS, its translates directly as one more, but in the sense of belonging, it means i am one of you, i am no different from the rest, i am just one more out of all the people here. 

the lyrics are basically a list of people, just random creatures from earth, some of my favorite ones are: dogs and ducks, the upstairs neighbor and spider-man on the roof, people wearing glasses and people with gardens, people who shave before they shower, parsley, ticks and the pink panther. 

then in between lists they take some breaks to say: everything is weird, expect worms, and i don't feel any different, i am just one more of you, and i am also crazy [like you]. 

menos un gusano todo es raro

y no me siento diferente

soy uno más entre toda la gente

uno más que está chiflado 

teletubbies' flag (reminds me of a worm)

and: i feel sad and dizzy, the president and his government lied to us again. at the other side of the glass, there's a tribe of bacterium, i don't hang out with evil people, rich people nor pretty [derogatory] people. you are not gonna take away from me the freedom of laughing or crying anytime i want. i am just one more out of all the creatures of Earth. i am just one more, i want to be just one more. i am just one more out of all the bugs of the big city. 

yo me encuentro triste y muy aturdido

los presidentes y sus goniernos nos han mentido una vez más

más allá de los cristales 

hay una tribu de bacterias

yo no me junto con los malos

los que manejan, ni los guapedos

no me vas a cambiar la sensación

de reir o llorar cuando quiera

solo soy uno más entre todos los peatones de la Tierra

y uno más, solo quiere ser uno más

y uno más, de todos los bichos de la gran ciudad 

 

the song makes me feel a sense of belonging, were are so many, and we all have our quirks, we're all so different, but at the end of the day, we're all the same. just a bunch of creatures trying to survive on Earth. we all share this space, and we should all care for it, and for each other. 

 

i wish people read a bit of history before voting, after all, if we don't know our history, we're doomed to repeat it over and over again. or maybe just watch the bugs movie idk. but we need to get more radical asap. 

 

i am so tired, it's so crazy to me that there's people voting against their own rights. i wish i could make them see, the evil rich people are playing with them, yes they're targeting a group you don't belong to right now, but right after they're done with them, you're next ! !! we need to stay together ! as one group. we need to protect each other, ser uno más. it's not just about you ! !!! it's also about dogs and ducks, the upstairs neighbor and spider-man on the roof, people wearing glasses and people with gardens, people who shave before they shower, parsley, ticks and the pink panther ! !!

 

<3 be kind, and vote (for the people)