Vanidad
“Vanidad” by Pinto Picasso, the second track on the third album, is a string quintet arrangement featuring two violins, a viola, a cello, and a contrabass. The percussion instruments, including congas, bongos, guira, and wood blocks, provide rhythmic accompaniment. The song’s minimalist structure aims to create an intimate atmosphere, allowing the message to resonate deeply. The melody shifts between the first four instruments, while the contrabass plays the bass line throughout.
This song explores the theme of vanity and its destructive effects on relationships. The lyrics describe a person who is excessively proud, self-absorbed and insecure, despite appearing confident on the surface. The song portrays vanity as deceptive and treacherous, causing disconnect from reality, damaging to a relationship. The chorus emphasizes how vanity causes the subject to prioritize their ego over the relationship, while the narrator claims to have put the subject first. The song touches on the frustration and difficulty of dealing with someone who is excessively vain, describing it as a pressure that’s hard to bear.
Original Lyrics
Verse 1
Vanidad, encantadora y traicionera, libre de inseguridad, o tal pareciera
Bien segura de ti, pero muy aferrada al espejo
Le cuentas de tu soledad, mientras admiras tu reflejo
Prechorus 1
Que fácil cambias de semblante, tu y la mentira son amantes
Cual de las dos mas arrogantes, esa presión no hay quien la aguante
Chorus 1
Te alejas de la realidad, cuando le haces caso a tu ego
Te invito ponte en mi lugar, y veras que te puse primero
Ligera siempre a reclamarme, como que nada es culpa tuya
Maldito orgullo que en ti arde, y permites que nos destruya
Verse 2
Why you playing games, I know what you're made of
I don't wanna sit around and go through the same old thing same old pain
Why you gotta be so vain, there's no room for anyone else, I guess you in love with yourself, oh baby
Si te hablo la verdad lo que choca, es la altivez que sale de tu boca
Que hasta al hombre mas sabio provoca, difícil de tolerar
Pero solo se odia lo que alguna vez se llegó a amar
Imposible de decifrar
Prechorus 2
Que fácil cambias de semblante, tu y la mentira son amantes
Cual de las dos mas arrogantes, esa presión no hay quien la aguante
Chorus 2
Te alejas de la realidad, cuando le haces caso a tu ego
Te invito ponte en mi lugar, y veras que te puse primero
Ligera siempre a reclamarme, como que nada es culpa tuya
Maldito orgullo que en ti arde, y permites que nos destruya
Translated Lyrics
Verse 1
Vanity, charming and treacherous, free of insecurity, or so it would seem
Well sure of yourself, but clinging to the mirror
You tell her of your loneliness, while admiring your reflection
Prechorus 1
How easily you change your countenance, you and the lie are lovers
Which of the two is more arrogant, there's no one who can stand that pressure
Chorus 1
You move away from reality when you pay attention to your ego
I invite you to put yourself in my place, and you will see that I put you first
You're always quick to blame me, like nothing is your fault
Damn the pride that burns in you, and you allowed it to destroy us
Verse 2
Por qué juegas, sé de lo que estás hecho
No quiero sentarme y pasar por lo mismo de siempre el mismo dolor de siempre
Por que tienes que ser tan vanidosa, no hay lugar para nadie mas, supongo que estas enamorado de ti mismo, oh baby
If I tell you the truth, what is shocking is the haughtiness that comes out of your mouth
That even the wisest man provokes, difficult to tolerate
But you only hate what you once came to love
Impossible to decipher
Prechorus 2
How easily you change your countenance, you and the lie are lovers
Which of the two is more arrogant, there's no one who can stand that pressure
Chorus 2
You move away from reality when you pay attention to your ego
I invite you to put yourself in my place, and you will see that I put you first
You're always quick to blame me, like nothing is your fault
Damn the pride that burns in you, and you allowed it to destroy us