The Mars Volta – Asilos Magdalena

Know something about this song or lyrics? Add it to our wiki.
Send "Asilos Magdalena" Ringtone to Cell

Enfermo llegue
y para componerme ando de vago
No me des tu obediencia
por que te ense~no mi cuerpo de lobo
a donde la piel estuvo debil
con una hambre que no me deja cantar

En mi vida,
el oscuro me mantiene
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre

Yo no me quedo en mi vida
el oscuro me mantiene
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre
yo no me quedo

Y ya que caiste de este mundo
cargo una navaja
dios mio
para ti
Cuantas veces me mordiste
y cuantas veces yo me fui

Y ya no me estoy enamorado
con tus mentiras
el infierno me duermo
por que el infierno es la unica verdad

En mi vida,
el oscuro me mantiene
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre

Yo no me quedo en mi vida
el oscuro me mantine
cuando yo te vi
en la lluvia me prometistes tu sangre
yo no me quedo

Estrella de la mañana
Ismael te persigo a ti
y si me quedo sin alas
ademas me muero por ti

Estrella de la mañana
Ismael te persigo a ti
y si me quedo sin alas
ademas me muero por ti

Estrella de la mañana
Ismael te persigo a ti
y si me quedo sin alas
ademas me muero por ti

Estrella de la mañana
Ismael te persigo a ti
y si me quedo sin alas
ademas me muero por ti

Estrella de la mañana
Ismael te persigo a ti
y si me quedo sin alas
ademas me muero por ti

Send "Asilos Magdalena" Ringtone to Cell


Lyrics submitted by Milburn

Track duration: 06:34

"Asilos Magdalena" as written by Omar/bixler Rodriguez

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

Lyrics powered by LyricFind


Asilos Magdalena song meanings
Add your thoughts

65 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    My Interpretation:I don't know if anyone actually corrected you people, but I figured I'd put in my two cents. This song is based on an actual person, a possessed nun, whom Cedric read about in a newspaper somewhere. She was being held in an actual mental institution called Asilos Magdalena. The beginning of the song is speaking from her viewpoint, but Cedric is also relating himself to her, feeling possessed and unclean through drug use and dishonesty. The chorus is the nun speaking to Samael, saying that she is consumed by the darkness/the dark one, and when they met in the rain, she was promised eternal life through evil. She DIDN'T stay. The second verse is not her abandoning God, but rather crying out for His help, asking why she has been abandoned when she has carried a sword in His name for so long, through so many hardships. She is finding it hard to keep her faith, and has pretty much given up by the end of the second verse, feeling abandoned and hopeless, sleeping in Hell for Hell is the only apparent truth with this lack of holy guidance. By the end of the song is saying that she is following, or more so hunting, Samael, and if she dies possessed, evil, then that's how it's going to be. Just my opinion based on interviews I've read with Cedric about the content of the entire album.
    Flag andrewhambletonon November 20, 2012   Link
  • +1
    Translation:Sick, I arrived
    and to recuperate, i'm being a "wild child" (vago is a difficult word to translate)
    Do not give me your obediance
    because i'll show you my body of mud
    of where my skin is weak
    with a hunger that won't let me sing

    In my life
    the darkness maintains me
    when I saw you
    in the rain you, promised me your blood
    I will not stay

    In my life
    the darkness maintains me
    when I saw you
    in the rain you, promised me your blood
    I will not stay

    and now that you fell off of this world
    I carry a knife
    my god, for you
    how many times did you bite me? (asking like if the person already knows)
    and how many times did I leave?

    and now i'm not in love
    with your lies
    hell makes me sleep
    because hell is the only truth

    In my life
    the darkness maintains me
    when I saw you
    in the rain you, promised me your blood
    I will not stay

    In my life
    the darkness maintains me
    when I saw you
    in the rain you, promised me your blood
    I will not stay

    (X5)
    Star of the Morning
    Samael I follow you
    and if I remain with nothing
    moreso, I die for you
    Flag fastinblacklungson April 11, 2012   Link
    • 3 Replies
  • 0
    General Comment:I've studied Satanism a lot before and listened to a lot of Black Metal. To me, this song is about Magdalena, giving up God and joining Satan, as Samael is a very common name for him in the Satanistic views. Anyways, this song is a masterpiece.. I love it.. so smooth..
    Flag Winterchillson January 21, 2012   Link
  • 0
    Lyric Correction: Is actually Samael te persigo a ti. Samael is an archangel of death seduction, both good and evil... Is quite common in Hispanic cultures to pray to saints and angels.
    Flag GRACEKOLon November 01, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love you all so much for providing conversational translations. <3
    I've been listening to this song for at least an hour straight now. It's beautiful on so many levels. It's so hard not to fall in love with the Mars Volta's music.
    Flag zoweeon May 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:another point, satan doesnt want obedience, as yahve, but freedom, enlightment or wisdom (frome ther LUCERO, which is the morning star and a roman demigod), and lustfulness (if thats the word for it).
    Flag maxxxonon August 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Actually you would have to translate "el oscuro me mantiene" as "the dark one keeps me/maintains me", because Darkness's translation would be "la oscuridad"

    i think, that probably the story about mary magdalene trying to go back to satan is the right one.......


    Samael is one of the angels of satan, spuose ti lilith, adans first wife who fled paradise to copulate with demons. and LUCERO is the name given to satan, as he who enlightens....
    Flag maxxxonon August 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Several things that have not been said yet:

    "Para componerme ando de vago" has a lot of meaning. Literally it translates to "To fix myself, I became a bum / I have been wandering" or something along these lines, however in Spanish it gives you a strong image of a man who has forsaken his duties, responsibilities, purpose or whatever and has been drinking, doing drugs, women, living at night, etc, in order to "fix himself". This is how it should be interpreted.

    Also, "ando de vago" and "ya no estoy enamorado" clearly state that the narrator is male. No question.

    Lastly, "Samael, te persigo a tí" has a distinctive structure which is best translated as "Samael, it is you the one I am after".

    Beautiful song.
    Flag PTMVTon May 12, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I know this has nothing to do with the actual lyrics for the song but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. I learned this song on guitar and i would sing and make up lyrics since I cannot speak Spanish. But i would always make up lyrics about witch burning. I'm not sure why but the guitar work to this song reminds me of a man watching his unholy lover being burned on the cross
    Flag Necroluston April 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love this song by The Mars Volta...it's one of those songs that haunts me even in the most random of moments.
    Flag WorrisomeHearton March 28, 2009   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

Back to top
explain