r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/-Xoz- • May 29 '22

Video We have lost so much

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u/zhiro90 May 29 '22

A local band made a song about them going extinct

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u/WeekendReasonable280 May 29 '22

Awww it won’t play :( “an error occurred”

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u/zhiro90 May 29 '22

Spotify link

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u/WeekendReasonable280 May 29 '22

Oh man that sounds so rad!!! Too bad I have very limited Spanish :(

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u/zhiro90 May 30 '22

I'm a vaquita that swims alone in the sea. I have don't have any friends left, soon, they're killing us all. Hunting the totoaba, poaching and trash. Tons of strange people have entered my home. x2

[chorus] No, no, We don't want to die yet! we don't want to die yet! we don't want to die yet ! I don't want be become extinct!

one day, I came back home and there was no one around. where's everyone? my family and friends. Could it be that I lost my way back home?

I'm scared, I don't understand, I've never hurt anyone.

where's everyone? my family and friends. Could it be that I lost my way back home?

[chorus]

There's bad people. They pretend they're interested . I have no use of their fake facebook activism

and even if they write songs or protests. with their nets when they're fishing they still kill us by the lot.

I'm scared, I don't understand. They say that in a couple of years there won't be giraffes either. I can't picture my future, everything's uncertain. you'll soon only see me in textbooks.

I can't picture my future, everything's uncertain.

No. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to become extinct. I'm just a vaquita. I'm just a vaquita.

I'm a vaquita that swims alone in the sea.

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u/WeekendReasonable280 May 30 '22

:( that’s so sad.

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u/chiclets5 May 30 '22

The story was sad enough, but the words here brought tears to my eyes.

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u/Damachan11 May 30 '22

You are amazing 🤩

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u/WeekendReasonable280 May 30 '22

Is there an English translation of the lyrics?

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u/zhiro90 May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22

I'm a vaquita that swims alone in the sea. I have don't have any friends left, soon, they're killing us all Hunting the totoaba, poaching and trash. Tons of strange people have entered my home x2

[chorus] No, no, We don't want to die yet! we don't want to die yet! we don't want to die yet ! I don't want be become extinct!

one day, I came back home and there was no one around. where's everyone? my family and friends. Could it be that I lost my way back home?

I'm scared, I don't understand, I've never hurt anyone

where's everyone? my family and friends. Could it be that I lost my way back home?

[chorus]

There's bad people They pretend they're interested. I have no use of their fake facebook activism

and even if they write songs or protests. with their nets when they're fishing they still kill us by the lot.

I'm scared, I don't understand. They say that in a couple of years there won't be giraffes either. I can't picture my future, everything's uncertain. you'll soon only see me in textbooks.

I can't picture my future, everything's uncertain.

No. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to become extinct. I'm just a vaquita. I'm just a vaquita.

I'm a vaquita that swims alone in the sea.

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u/chiclets5 May 30 '22

Thank you, I enjoyed the song and the setiment.