Claro Oscuro

Catarino's store gives food a taste in the mouth
Like the one left by a long illness
From the sea spills a wind that smells of drowned and roses
People dream while a green moon breaks over the tide
And the whole town hides behind premonitions and military shadow
At eleven at night the sidewalks are collected and people go home to forget

In a light dark, between life and death
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Between light dark, between life and death
A smell of roses comes from the sea

People are worried because they are feeling backwards
And although the radio says nothing, everyone knows why
Silver crabs have stolen the moon and don't want to give it back
The town waits in silence for the return of the tide
The smell of roses to return, like yesterday

Between a light dark, between life and death
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Between a light dark, between life and death
A smell of roses comes from the sea

A smell of roses comes from the sea
While a whole town hides behind the military shadow
A smell of roses comes from the sea
They have a premonition that something big is going to happen
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Perfume of shadows spills from yesterday
A smell of roses comes from the sea
If the tide doesn't return, the sun can't appear
A smell of roses comes from the sea
People are sad because it has darkened again
A smell of roses comes from the sea
For the horizon paper birds
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Arrives fleeing hope filling the soul with faith
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Caribbean chiaroscuro where everything can happen

A smell of roses comes from the sea
We die every night without knowing how we go
A smell of roses comes from the sea
And we live without remembering what we saw when we woke up
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Each in their own way seeks salvation
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Miracles come at a price but hope doesn't
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Anger by weight, life by dollar, and faith is free
A smell of roses comes from the sea
In the depths of the Caribbean, even at night it can be seen
A smell of roses comes from the sea
One who knows the way doesn't get lost
A smell of roses comes from the sea
But no one knows what they have until they leave it behind
A smell of roses comes from the sea
Death doesn't stop for love or money
A smell of roses comes from the sea
A chiaroscuro perfume in a world of strangers