Nos están preguntando

Song Meaning

“Nos están preguntando” opens with a gut punch: a blindfolded child, bloodied and mired, asks why “we” want to kill him. This image immediately establishes a scene of profound, senseless suffering. The lyrics refuse to let the listener look away, posing a direct, unsettling accusation. The lyrics quickly expand this horror beyond a single victim, suggesting a pervasive threat. “Por el lugar y fecha te parieron marcado” implies that identity itself can be a death sentence, marking individuals for violence from birth. This tension between inherent vulnerability and an inescapable, pre-ordained danger creates a chilling sense of fatalism. The repeated refrain, “Que por qué le queremos matar,” acts as a relentless, moral interrogation, forcing listeners to confront their own complicity or the world’s indifference. This haunting question is amplified by the cynical chorus, which lays bare the mechanics of violence: “Todas las armas se pueden comprar.” The lyrics paint a bleak picture of an industry that profits from, and perpetuates, the very suffering it describes. The true gut-punch arrives in the final verse. The question shifts from why “we” want to kill him to a collective “Nos están condenando” to a tomb in the middle of the sea.