"L'home número 12" - Mazoni

Song: L'home número 12
Written by: Jaume Pla
Artist: Mazoni
Album: Fins que la mort ens separi (2011)

"Man number 12"

Man number 12 has decided to end his life
He gets in his car to take it to a railway track.
It's a beautiful day but he doesn't notice
He's got more important things to think about
As the last soldier of common sense falls

Man number 12 gets on the highway going south
The sound of the radio accompanies him during the news
He doesn't care about the contents, just the sound and the voice
He believes in more important things that no one believes
As the last soldier of common sense falls

Man number 13 sings along to Mishima
And the singer distracts him and he gets on the highway going the wrong way
The horns play contemporary symphonies
And the voice of David [Carabén, vocalist of Mishima] takes on a different color

Man number 12 sees him coming and can't believe it
At the last minute he avoids him when the crash seems inevitable
His legs are shaking and and his heart is going faster than the car
He lets go all the insults he's got
A suicide cursing a false suicide

Despite everything, two hours later, number 12 lays down on the tracks
The desire to kill himself and the survival instinct are compatible
And number 13 blesses his good luck
And a few years from now won't remember that he came close to dying
Oh lai la, that's how it goes!