“Metamorfose Ambulante” by Raul Seixas (1973)

Listen to Raul Seixas sing his own song
Listen to Ney Matogrosso’s version (1977)
Listen to Zé Ramalho’s version (with an intro partly in English) (2001)
Listen to Zélia Duncan’s version (2015)
Listen to Seixas’s version again.

Walking Metamorphosis

I prefer to be that walking metamorphosis
I prefer to be that ambling metamorphosis
Than to have that old opinion formed about everything
Than to have that same old opinion about everything

Now I want to say the opposite of what I said before
I prefer being that walking metamorphosis
Than having that old opinion set about everything

About what love is
About how even I don’t know who I am
If today I’m a star, tomorrow it’s already out
If today I hate you, tomorrow I love you
I have love for you
I feel horror for you
I make love to you
I’m an actor

It’s boring to get to your objective in an instant
I want to live in that walking metamorphosis
Than to have that same old opinion about everything

I’m going to tell you all everything that I said before
I prefer to be that ambling metamorphosis
Than to have that old opinion formed about everything

Raul Seixas (1945-1989), sometimes called the Father of Brazilian Rock (although he never limited himself to just one genre), released 21 albums during his too-short life. “Toca Raul” (“Play Raul”) can be heard frequently from fans at concerts of almost every other artist.