Captatio benevolentiae [English translation]

We try to fit in beautiful scenes

in sunday marinas, full of seagulls,

in big after-lunch conversations where grandpas sing

in nights near the fire, holding a blanket.

It's about being the lovely guys of the neighbourhood,

the ones who dance and dance, until musicians stop playing,

and bursting, arrogant, showing our best vests

into discos with women with steady jobs.

And sometimes, we get it

And sometimes, we get it

And sometimes, a stupid thing suddenly indicates we get it

And sometimes, a carom suddenly demonstrates we get it.

We try to look good in the magnificient altarpiece,

of those who turn around with monolithic composure

and face life looking directly at it

and one day, happy, they buy flowers to their mother.

We try to struggle along, to be honorable people,

the model father that daughters want,

the one with deep voice, the one with strong hand,

who pays a vermouth and who fixes a door.

And then closing the eyes and feeling the world, quiet,

and two little birds tweeting on the top of a tree

having finished a great epitaph

that will make smile all the passers-by.

And sometimes, we get it

And sometimes, we get it

And sometimes, a stupid thing suddenly indicates we get it

And sometimes, a carom suddenly demonstrates we get it.

And sometimes, we get it

And sometimes, we get it

And sometimes, a stupid thing suddenly indicates we get it

And sometimes, the virgin comes down and suddenly reveals us that we get it

And sometimes, against the odds, a really silly thing, turns upside down everything we thought was logical

thus making obvious

that for a moment

we get it.

• Artist:Manel
• Album:Els millors professors europeus (2008)