I have to talk about this song, because I have listened and loved it for a long time (in fact is my favourite song of the band) but just today I learned its true meaning. And I think the world needs to know It too.
This song is about 11-M. I encourage you to search for it, but basically it was like the Spanish 9/11. On March 11, 2008, a train in Atocha station (Madrid) suffered an islamic terrorist attack.
Amongst what was left of the train, they discovered a diary of a girl that had found love that day on that train, just before her life was taken away. This song, "Jueves" (which means "Thursday", the day of the attack) tells the story of that girl.
About the music video, everyone that appears on it is either a survivor or a relative of a victim of the attack.
I've traslated the lyrics below, please feel free to correct me, as English is not my first language. Hope you enjoy It!
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If I were prettier and a bit smarter,
If I were special, if I were on a magazine,
I would have the courage to cross the carriage and to ask you who you were.
You sit in front of me, and you can't even imagine
That I'm wearing my prettiest skirt for you,
And that as I see how you yawn by the glass [of the window]
My pupils get wet.
CHORUS:
Suddenly you look at me,
I look at you and you sigh.
I close my eyes and you look the other way
I am nearly not breathing,
I become smaller,
And I start shaking.
And like that the days pass
From Monday to Friday
Like the swallows of Bécquer's poem.
Station to station, in front of each other you and me
Silence comes and goes.
CHORUS
And then it happens,
My lips awake
And pronounce your name stuttering.
I suppose you are thinking:
"What a stupid girl".
And I want to die.
But time stops
And you come closer saying:
"I don't even know you and I was already missing you.
Every morning I turn down the direct [train]
And I choose this train".
And we are near the station,
My life has changed,
A special day this March 11th.
You take my hand
We enter a tunnel
And lights turn off.
I discover your face thanks to my hands,
I become brave and I kiss you in the lips.
You say that you love me,
And I gift you with
The last breath of my heart.
