Accidente - Atajos

    

  The year's coming to an end so my thoughts are turning towards putting together an end of year Top 100. Coincidently, the band who topped the 2016 chart (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-best-50-songs-of-2016.html) return to Just Some Punk Songs today with a track from their new split album with Toulouse quartet Nightwatchers (they also previously featured back in 2016 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/nightwatchers-nightwatcher.html).

  Accidente (https://www.facebook.com/Accidentepunk) are one of my favourite bands. The Madrid outfit can always be relied on to wrap what's often a deep and meaningful message inside a catchy as hell tune. On this release they contribute 4 songs, 3 original compositions and an uptempo cover of a single released in 1994 by Spanish trio Alarma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMwcnMPDtrY). 

  The album will be available in January on vinyl from Stonehenge Records (http://stonehengerecords.com/mailorder/Search.php?Commander=0&selectpage=1&search=stone078) and there'll be a cassette version from inhumano (https://inhumano.org/). It's available now as a name your price download on Bandcamp :  https://accidente.bandcamp.com/album/accidente-nightwatchers-split

  This is my pick of the bunch, it's called Atajos (Shortcuts)...

Me faltan las palabras
como a «The Sound»
Para decirte fuerte
que he fracasado
He perdido el momento
no supe priorizar
Que me faltó el valor
y te has marchado

Vivimos tan deprisa
Lloramos tan aisladxs
Buscamos mil excusas
Huimos tan deprisa
Peleamos tan aisladxs
Quemamos los atajos

Pienso que la distancia es a veces un
derecho
Cuando los malos tratos anidan en el
pecho
Tu púlpito de víctima no va a legitimar
Que para defenderte hieras a lxs demás

Vivimos tan deprisa
Morimos tan aisladxs
Buscamos mil excusas
Huimos tan deprisa
Peleamos tan aisladxs
Quemando los atajos
Y la vida se acaba.


*****


Words fail me, just like «The Sound» sang
When I try to tell you that I went wrong
I lost the moment, I didn’t choose right
I lacked the courage and now you’re gone

We live so fast
We cry so lonely
Looking for a thousand excuses
We ran away so fast
Such a lonely struggle
Burning all the shortcuts

Distance itself is sometimes a right
When mistreat nests in your chest
Your victim pulpit won’t legitimize
To defend yourself by hurting others

We live so fast
We die so lonely
Looking for a thousand
excuses
We ran away so fast
Such a lonely struggle
Burning all the shortcuts
Till life ends.