Camello patagónico Lyrics – El Cuarteto de Nos

Camello patagónico Lyrics by El Cuarteto de Nos is a new spanish song by El Cuarteto de Nos. The song is released on Cuarteto de Nos’s official YouTube channel, written by Roberto Musso, produced by El Cuarteto de Nos, Faro House, and Héctor Castillo, and is part of the album Puertas. Offering listeners a surreal and thought-provoking experience, the track blends literary references, absurdist imagery, and metaphysical metaphors to create a rich, layered listening journey.

The song explores the chaos, contradictions, and absurdity of modern existence through a kaleidoscope of surrealist and avant-garde symbols. El Cuarteto de Nos uses dreamlike language, references to art, literature, and philosophy, and an eerie refrain of “algo anda mal” (something’s wrong) to underscore a disjointed reality where meaning is slippery and truth is fragmented. The result is a poetic and satirical portrayal of a world on the brink of collapse—or transformation—told through cryptic vignettes and cultural pastiche.

Camello patagónico Details

Song	Camello patagónico
Album	Puertas
Artists	El Cuarteto de Nos
Written By	Roberto Musso
Produced By	El Cuarteto de Nos, Faro House & Hector Castillo
Label	Cuarteto de Nos
Language	Spanish
Released Date	May 22, 2025

Camello patagónico Lyrics

[Intro]
Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh
Uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah
Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh
Uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah
Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh
Uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah
Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh
Uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah

[Verso 1]
Nueces que vuelan, ladrillos que ruedan
Cucharas nerviosas detrás de un telón
Un espantapájaros lleno de nidos
Escucha el silencio de un viejo tambor

[Verso 2]
Telas de araña de azúcar y sal
Pianos en llamas debajo del mar
Pulpos que quieren el fuego apagar
Con gotas secas de rocío negro

[Pre-Estribillo]
Y canta la estatua de la cantante calva (Tatara-rara-tara-rarara-rara)
Y sobre su melena, revolotean jaulas vacías (Jaulas vacías)

[Estribillo]
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)

[Verso 3]
El collar con espinas
Quebrado por las dos Fridas
El péndulo viene, el péndulo va
Con un ojo que alguien está por cortar
Corbatas de vidrio en un cielo de miel
Un Golem reflejado en el Aleph
Y sólo en la biblioteca de Babel sigue Godot esperando

[Pre-Estribillo]
Con relojes blandos y flores de Honolulu (Chuchuru-ruru-chururu-rururu)
Y en una cama bailan catala, Cronopios y Famas

[Estribillo]
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)

[Puente]
El cadáver exquisito beberá el vino nuevo
Al hombre de la pipa le cambiaron el sombrero
Un pez soluble y un paraguas que salpica
Al perro andaluz lo muerde el toro de Guernica (Ahí)
Los amantes que por fin se ven
Se sacan el velo y se besan en la panza de Ubú rey
Y desde el laberinto de la soledad
El mundo hoy parece un mejor lugar
Algo anda mal
Algo anda mal (Algo anda mal)

[Outro]
Trice (Algo anda, algo anda mal)
Trice (Algo anda mal)
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)
Algo anda mal (Ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-ueh-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah-uah)

Camello patagónico Lyrics Meaning

[Intro]
The intro’s rhythmic vocalizations—repeating “ueh” and “uah”—immediately create an otherworldly atmosphere, signaling that the listener is entering a surreal, possibly nonsensical space. These nonverbal sounds serve as a ritualistic chant, setting the tone for the hallucinatory journey that follows.

[Verso 1]
El Cuarteto de Nos begins with a montage of disjointed, almost Dadaist images: flying nuts, rolling bricks, and nervous spoons. These elements evoke instability, tension, and silent chaos. The scarecrow filled with nests listening to a silent drum suggests a post-apocalyptic or dreamlike stillness, where meaning is obscured and conventional logic is abandoned.

[Verso 2]
This verse continues the surreal cascade with contradictions—webs made of sugar and salt, burning pianos under the sea, and octopuses trying to extinguish fire with dry black dew. El Cuarteto de Nos leans into poetic dissonance to depict a reality where the impossible becomes the norm, reinforcing the song’s refrain that something is profoundly amiss.

[Pre-Estribillo]
The image of a statue of “la cantante calva” (a nod to Ionesco’s absurdist play La Cantante Calva) singing, while empty cages flutter over her hair, amplifies the surreal tone. El Cuarteto de Nos points to a world devoid of freedom and meaning, where expressions are fossilized and liberation is only hinted at through absence.

[Estribillo]
The haunting chant “algo anda mal” emerges as the central motif. Repeated like a mantra, it encapsulates the emotional core of the song—a creeping awareness that the world is out of joint. The cyclical repetition mirrors the inescapable nature of this unease.

[Verso 3]
This section is filled with dense literary and artistic references—from Frida Kahlo and Jorge Luis Borges to Kafkaesque figures and metaphysical spaces. El Cuarteto de Nos constructs a collage where broken symbols (a thorn necklace, pendulums, glass ties) point to fractured identities and unreachable truths. The final line—Godot still waiting in the Library of Babel—merges Waiting for Godot with Borges’ infinite labyrinth, emphasizing existential futility and infinite search.

[Pre-Estribillo]
Here, El Cuarteto de Nos blends surrealist imagery with Latin American literary icons—mentioning “relojes blandos” (Dali’s melting clocks), flowers from Honolulu, and characters from Julio Cortázar’s Historias de cronopios y de famas. The dancing in a bed suggests chaos as celebration, where time and identity blur in dream logic.

[Estribillo]
The chorus returns, more urgent with each repetition. The nonsensical nature of the verses only amplifies the truth in the simplicity of “algo anda mal.” It’s a cry from within a symbolic nightmare, pointing not to a single cause but a collective feeling of disorientation.

[Puente]
This bridge is a surrealist feast: the “cadáver exquisito” drinks new wine, Magritte’s pipe figure loses his hat, and a fish dissolves while a Spanish Civil War bull bites a surrealist dog. Lovers meet and kiss inside Ubú Rey, and from Paz’s Laberinto de la Soledad, the world momentarily feels better. El Cuarteto de Nos fuses disjointed, high-art references to present a strange utopia nested in madness—only to pull us back into the chorus of unease.

[Outro]
The outro reinforces the central motif with layered repetition of “algo anda mal” and vocalizations. As the song concludes, the unresolved dissonance lingers. El Cuarteto de Nos leaves the listener suspended in a world where absurdity is not the exception but the fabric of reality.

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