"Mas De Cien Mentiras" is a song by Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquín Sabina, two renowned Spanish singer-songwriters. The song portrays a beautiful amalgamation of various elements of life, showcasing the diverse experiences and emotions that individuals go through. The lyrics speak about the memories, friends, trains, laughter, and bars that we have in our lives. It also mentions the doubts, faith, hotels, and altars we encounter. The song highlights the urgency, love that can be fatal, silence, tobacco, and reasons that exist in our lives. The artists mention different places such as Venice, Manhattan, and ashes of revolutions to depict the various experiences we have. They further refer to shoes, pride, the present, customs, and desires. The song talks about having sex, rock, drugs, neighborhood life, and screaming out loud. It also mentions various personalities like Quintero, León, Quiroga, and Pedro Botero. The lyrics mention more than a hundred words and reasons to not give up and choose life over self-harm. They mention more than a hundred lies that are worth something, despite being false. The artists talk about having nostalgia, insolence, monks, priests, poison, hangover, perfume, and violence. The song also refers to having a roof with books and kisses, the fascination with morbidity, jealousy, fog in the bones, and the luxury of not being hungry. The lyrics mention Achilles' heels, clothes for Sunday, summer clouds, and wars in Macondo. They also talk about circles, magazines, entrances, guns, love, Atletico Madrid fans, and gangsters. The artists talk about melancholy, thirst, anger, noise, water, bread, and fish. They mention Lolitas, Don Juans, famous musicians like Lennon, McCartney, Gardel, Le Pera, horoscopes, holy books, rainbows on the moon, Virgin Mary in wax, and shipwrecks. The lyrics mention caprices, blow-up dolls, fallen angels, sailboats, poor and exquisite people, tooth fairies, and toothaches. They talk about abandoned projects, perfect crimes we didn't commit, forgotten brides, and unsold souls. The song also speaks about hung poets, scoundrels, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Babel, Sodom, and grandparents who always won battles. Lastly, the lyrics mention more than a hundred words, reasons, pupils, and lies that are worth something. Overall, "Mas De Cien Mentiras" conveys a message that life is a collection of various experiences, emotions, and stories that make it worth living. It celebrates the richness and complexity of human existence, reminding us that even if life can be challenging at times, there are countless moments, memories, and connections that make it worthwhile.
