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O Nó da Mangueira

Caitano Velosso
Artist
Caitano Velosso
Acoustic / Folk2:46April 29, 2026
0:00 2:46

Influenced by Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, João Gilberto, Milton Nascimento, Dorival Caymmi. Caitano Velosso was raised as an only child in a Salvador apartment filled with his librarian mother's poetry books. A late-bloomer socially, he still finds his truest companions in his two childhood friends and the quiet histories of his coastal city. He pays his rent working as an archivist at the same library his mother once ran. These songs are written on his father's old nylon-string guitar, late at night on his balcony, turning the day's quiet observations into gentle, philosophical Tropicália.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
São três da manhã na Gamboa de Baixo,
Deixei chamar três vezes, só pra ter certeza.
Léo, eu vi o Ricardo no balcão do Damião,
A mão dele na nuca de outra pessoa, um erro de estação.

[Chorus]
Qual é a semente que a gente não rega?
A flor da mentira ou a raiz que nos cega?

[Verse 2]
A mesa de plástico grudava com o sereno,
Ele riu e disse "é a última", um veneno pequeno.
E eu pensei na tua samambaia, a que a gente salvou,
Tirando folha por folha o que a praga secou.

[Chorus]
Qual é a semente que a gente não rega?
A flor da mentira ou a raiz que nos cega?

[Bridge]
Às vezes, podar é o único jeito de amor.
Arrancar o galho doente pra sentir menos dor.

[Chorus]
Eu sei a semente que a gente não rega.
É a flor da mentira. A raiz que nos cega.

[Outro]
Enfim... me liga quando ouvir isso. Tô aqui.

About Caitano Velosso

Caitano Velosso was raised as an only child in a Salvador apartment filled with his librarian mother's poetry books. A late-bloomer socially, he still finds his truest companions in his two childhood friends and the quiet histories of his coastal city. He pays his rent working as an archivist at the same library his mother once ran. These songs are written on his father's old nylon-string guitar…

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