Banda de rock [English translation]

Where did they end up, that rock band? You know which one I mean?

They were on air this morning...

Do you think they’d be glad to know

that after such a long time, from so far away

we think about them?

What happened to that rock band?

Maybe one night they gave a final, very sad concert...

Or maybe they looked at one another after a sluggish, infernal rehearsal

and they knew it, and they noticed it...

Do you think that there are days when in their heads there play

melodies eager to be put into a song

and if you’re close enough, you can hear them whistle?

And almost nothing has changed except that now they don’t make them.

Will they call one another, those of the rock band?

Will they be friends? Will they like their albums?

Do you think that sometimes they take out chords from those big hits

and keep singing them in corridors?

Would this rock band have an idea

of how strongly we shouted out their songs, note for note?

Would they know that, at least for you and for me, for some time

they were making everything look a bit more cheerful?

How did they end up, that rock band?

Did they go any further?

They were on air this morning...

• Artist:Manel
• Album:Atletes, baixin de l'escenari (2013)