NUR EIN
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Chupacabra
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Entry from Chupacabra in Nur Ein XV.

Use exactly two instruments (plus vocals) to create your song.

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Chupacabra
Berkeley Social Scene

Era pastor de cabras --- I used to be a goat herder
Contento de estar con el rebaño --- Content to be with my flock
En seguida la manada se quedó sin sangre --- Soon the herd was left bloodless
Tenia que descubrirlo, lo que pasó --- I had to find out why, what happened

Buscaba las mesas Oaxacanas --- I looked through the mesas of Oaxaca
Tratando de hallar el sendero --- Trying to find the way
Tantos dias y tantas noches --- So many days and so many nights
Sintiendo que fallaría, como si fallaria --- Feeling that I would fail, like I would fail

Oh chupacabra --- Oh Goatsucker
¿Dónde estás? --- Where are you?
He visto lo que has hecho --- I have seen what you have done
Oh Chupacabra --- Oh Goatsucker
Te pondré justicia --- I will lay justice upon you
No hay ninguna lugar de correr --- There is nowhere you can run

Por todo buscaba las pistas --- Everywhere I looked for clues
Pasanda a través del agave --- Passing through the agave
Una rama rota o piedra volcada --- A broken branch or stone overturned
Cadáver sin sangre, tendido en la tierra --- Cadaver without blood, prone on the ground

Hablaba con toda la gente --- I spoke with everyone
Preguntaba si lo habian visto --- I asked if they had seen it
El monstruo que acecha en la noche. --- The monster that lurks in the night
Criatura sedienta de sangre, siniestro --- A bloodthirsty, sinister creature

Oh Chupacabra --- Oh Goatsucker
¿Dónde estás? --- Where are you?
He visto lo que has hecho --- I have seen what you have done
Oh Chupacabra --- Oh Goatsucker
Te pondré justicia --- I will lay justice upon you
No hay ninguna lugar de correr --- There is nowhere you can run

Entonces, te vi doblado --- So then I saw you bent over
Encima de otra victima --- On top of another victim
Dientes largos y agudos --- Large and sharp teeth
Alto con picos por la espina --- Tall with spikes down your back

Oye Chupacabra --- Hey Goatsucker
Ahora veo --- Now I see
No eres cosa malvada --- You are not an evil thing
Solo quieres sobrevivir --- You only want to survive
Como yo, como yo --- Like me, like me
Que pasara con nosotros? --- What will happen with us?
Mejor que te vayas para siempre --- It's better if you leave forever
Andate a la chucha, Chupacabra --- Go to hell, Goatsucker

Oh Chupacabra --- Oh Goatsucker
Te encuentro --- I have found you
Entiendo lo que has hecho --- I understand what you have done
Oh Chupacabra --- Oh Goatsucker
Te conozco --- I know you
Que dios te perdone, perdone --- May God forgive you, forgive you

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I figured I would stop nitpicking phrasing stuff for songs that aren’t in English, but I have to mention that the emphasis on the second syllable of “hecho” in “He visto lo que has hecho”/“Entiendo lo que has hecho” really sounded weird to me. The phrasing of “piedra volcada” felt a bit awkward as well, like you were trying to cram too many syllables in without attention to how they would work in the melody. Your arrangement feels complete enough with just drums and bass--I didn’t find myself missing the rest of the arrangement too much. I think the “oohs” are mixed kind of high, though; I get that you want to fill up space but it was hard not to get distracted by them. Those are all nitpicks. I don’t have any huge complaints about this song, but it just wasn’t very memorable for me and we are apparently now at the stage of Nur Ein where “pretty good” gets pushed towards the bottom of the list.

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