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Os Nós da Memória

Cartolan
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Cartolan
Acoustic / Folk3:21April 29, 2026
0:00 3:21

Influenced by Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho, Paulinho da Viola, Ismael Silva. Cartolan was born António Viana in Lisbon, the only son of Brazilian exiles who fled the dictatorship. His father, a carpenter from Mangueira, nicknamed him for the samba legend Cartola and left him his worn-out cavaquinho. To pay the rent, Cartolan still works as a furniture restorer, and at night, he writes songs in Portuguese that treat the old Alfama district like a long-lost corner of Rio. His music is the sound of inherited nostalgia, a tribute to a home he knows only through his parents' records.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Duas da manhã na oficina, a plaina na mão fria.
Cada farpa de madeira é um pedaço do teu dia.
A poeira que sobe no feixe de luz tem o teu formato,
Um rascunho de um homem que se torna abstrato.

[Chorus]
Lixar a tua voz até ficar macia
É matar-te outra vez, pai, ou é só cobardia?
Transformar a farpa em pó, o nó em superfície lisa,
É honrar-te ou apagar a dor que me avisa?

[Verse 2]
Lembro do cheiro a cola e do som da serra.
"'O jacarandá guarda o sol', disseste, 'mesmo quando erra'."
Hoje procuro essa frase na grão da minha mesa,
Mas só encontro a minha própria incerteza.

[Chorus]
Lixar a tua voz até ficar macia
É matar-te outra vez, pai, ou é só cobardia?
Transformar a farpa em pó, o nó em superfície lisa,
É honrar-te ou apagar a dor que me avisa?

[Bridge]
Eles dizem que o tempo é um bom marceneiro,
Mas só me entrega este fantasma liso, sem cheiro.

[Outro]
Matar-te outra vez...
...outra vez.

About Cartolan

Cartolan was born António Viana in Lisbon, the only son of Brazilian exiles who fled the dictatorship. His father, a carpenter from Mangueira, nicknamed him for the samba legend Cartola and left him his worn-out cavaquinho. To pay the rent, Cartolan still works as a furniture restorer, and at night, he writes songs in Portuguese that treat the old Alfama district like a long-lost corner of Rio.…

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