The Mexican nu-metal / hardcore band FXCK THE MONSTER releases material under the American label «Curtain Call Records ”,“ Remembranzas de Justicia y Libertad ”: 10 songs plus a bonus track.
«La Llorona» is a popular Mexican song of anonymous authorship, whose particularity over the years has been that each person who interprets it, adds their personal stamp through new verses and arrangements: Chabela Vargas, Lila Downs and Raphael are of the most emblematic examples.
We decided to make our own version to honor those who are no longer there, with two new stanzas of our authorship, the final ones, where we reflect what their dead mean to Mexico.
We have done this with the support of all those who decided to participate with a photo and give us the honor of helping them remember them each time they see this video.
«La Llorona» Lyrics
You were leaving the temple one day, weeping girl,
When I saw you as I passed by,
You came out of the temple one day, weeping girl,
You wore a beautiful huipil, weeping girl,
I believed you to be the virgin.
When I saw you passing by,
You wore a beautiful huipil, weeping girl,
That the virgin believed you.
I don’t know what the flowers have, llorona
The flowers of a cemetery
I don’t know what flowers have, llorona
The flowers of a cemetery
That when the wind moves them, llorona
They seem to be crying
That when the wind moves them, weeping
They seem to be crying
Woe is me, weeping girl! Llorona
Take me to the river
Woe is me, crybaby! Llorona, llorona
Take me to the river
Cover me with your shawl, weeping girl
Because I’m dying of cold
Cover me with your shawl, weeping girl
Because I’m dying of cold
I’m not afraid of the weeping death, because I know what’s on the other side
I’m not afraid of weeping death, because I know there’s on the other side
There’s my weeping loved ones and they’re waiting for me
There’s my weeping loved ones and they’re waiting for me