Este Es Nuestro Tiempo

The doves have flown after the sun has set
a golden faucet dripping sets the rhythm to my song

Love passes by and fortune says goodbye
that's what the gypsy who read my hands said

What will you do if I show up
with diamonds on my fingers
a Polyphemus disguise
and a drum

I know life is a dream, as Calderón said
be it a dream or a nightmare, someone raised the curtain

I met a policeman who pointed his gun at me
he too was a fortune-teller and guessed my sign

'You will drown right at the shore
after swimming a lot'
then he left me his badge
and walked away

This is our time
fair of contradictions
cries and silences...

This is our time
An undefined past
I sense an imperfect future...

Today is Tuesday and there's no mass but I hear a prayer
I see people in a hurry to settle scores with God
Cockroaches on the piano and cracks in the Parthenon
that's what the fortune teller saw in my tarot cards

There's no script or plot
I have the noose around my neck
and someone I don't see
yells 'action'

This is our time...

The stakes are high
some sell their soul for less
now you see things clearly
I still don't

This is our time...