La Maza
Silvio Rodriguez
The Mallet
If I didn't believe in madness
From the mockingbird's throat
If I didn't believe that in the mountain
The trill and the dread hide
If I didn't believe in the balance
In the reason of equilibrium
If I didn't believe in delirium
If I didn't believe in hope
If I didn't believe in what I manage
If I didn't believe in my path
If I didn't believe in my sound
If I didn't believe in my silence
What would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
A mass made of strings and tendons
A jumble of flesh with wood
An instrument without better splendors
Than little lights mounted for the scene
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
A frontman of the traitor of applause
A servant of the past in a new cup
An eternalizer of twilight gods
Joy boiled with rags and sequins
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
If I didn't believe in the hardest
If I didn't believe in desire
If I didn't believe in what I believe
If I didn't believe in something pure
If I didn't believe in every wound
If I didn't believe in what surrounds
If I didn't believe in what it hides
To become a brother of life
If I didn't believe in who listens to me
If I didn't believe in what hurts
If I didn't believe in what remains
If I didn't believe in those who fight
What would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
A mass made of strings and tendons
A jumble of flesh with wood
An instrument without better splendors
Than little lights mounted for the scene
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
A frontman of the traitor of applause
A servant of the past in a new cup
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
An eternalizer of twilight gods
Joy boiled with rags and sequins
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
What would it be, heart, what would it be
What would it be the mallet without quarry?
