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Hunters of time
02:28
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Time begins
and ends
with a breath.
a breath of fresh air - a breeze- a bronchial jolt.
and all for what? for-that-next-breath-that-might-take-you-to-the-place-
you-always-wanted to be; that person you always wanted to be.
Breath by breath we become hunters of time.
We begin our search, waiting for the moment
when time will stand still for all to see.
Time begins
and ends
with a breath.
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I left her I did
01:54
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I left her, I did
That Beatriz and my kid
Went a sailinround the world
Find a better life fer me an dmy girl
I left her, I did
That Beatriz and my kid
Crosses and cloves were my glory
Glory that turned out to be my sad story
I left her, I did
For crosses and cloves
And fame and fortune
For adventure and power
Never went back
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5ships
01:47
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Magellan had 5 ships, to start
there were 5 ships
5 ships became 4 ships
became 3 ships
became 2 ships
and then 1 ship
VICTORIA
5 (fiiiiiive) ships
there were 5 (fiiiiiiive) ships
Santiago5 (fiiiiiive)
San Antonio 4 (fouuuur)
Concepción 3 (threeee)
Trinidad 2 (twooooo)
Victoria 1 (oonnee)
1 ship, oonnnee ship
all that was left was ooonnee ship
It started with Trinidad captained by Ferdinand Magellan
San Antonio captained by Juan de Cartagena
La Concepción Gaspar de Quesada
Santiago Juan Rodríguez Serrano
Victoria Luis de Mendoza
those 5 ships became 1
3 YEARS it took 3 YEARS
for-that-1 to.make.it.back.
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4. |
She, unlike he
03:57
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She, unlike he
She sits
He spits
She knits
He hits
For what for what
She, unlike he
She bears the weight of the world, heartache, for him
He ventures abroad, the new world
The thrill, for him
For what for what
She, unlike he
She minces
He pinches for flinches
Not true not true
She cries she cries
and cries some more for him
for him, those tears arefer him
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The ocean, the ocean
03:10
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The ocean, the ocean
So mild and calm
So big, so big
So mild and calm
But this ocean was different
Magalhães/Magellan was astonished
by its quality
calling it pacifico
Pacifico is Portuguese for peaceful
so peaceful
So mild and calm
The Peaceful Sea
Known as the
Pacific Ocean
So big, so big
Oceano pacifico
So mild and calm
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