Fausto Lyrics – André Mattos

Song Facts:

• Genre: Soundtrack
• Lyricist: André Mattos
• Featured on the soundtrack of the animated film "A Infância de Romeu e Julieta"

Annotations and Meaning:

Fausto expresses the inner turmoil and existential woes of its titular character against the tune of "Fausto," done by André Mattos from "A Infância de Romeu e Julieta." This is a song the character Fausto sings—a song that contains melodramatic and introspective moaning about how he is misunderstood by all the people that surround him. The first lines have this kind of rhetorical question that anybody could reach the bottom of others' minds and their real intentions or nature—really mirroring the deep skepticism of Fausto and the difficulty in decoding human behaviors. "Como adivinhar o que se passa/Na cabeça de certas pessoas?" The setting of being unsure and distrust seems to percolate his worldview. A la snare great, adorned with wearied "Ai, ai, ai/ Ui, ui, ui," looked at Fausto's annoyance of the injuries and injustices. It is, in fact, comic, somewhat pathetic in the character-revealing way, emphasizing that he indeed is somewhat of a drama queen. Fausto says he wants to be a misunderstood genius like an "unknown author" and a "misunderstood genius" (misunderstood genius) at the top of his lungs to the performance. This metaphorical suggestion would be that Fausto views his life as an unceasing chain of scripted events in which he has little or even no say at all and is on a lifelong mission of an incomprehended protagonist. Which is repeated in the outcry, "Se a vida é um teatro, meu papel como ator, É ser um pobre, solitário, sofredor!" Totally resigned, a person always gives up his spirit This self-identification with tragedy and suffering betrays a character of such complexity that he might reasonably somewhat revel in his own drama, even as he bemoans it.

Themes and Messages:

In this life—a place of identity, misunderstanding, and the human longing to be looked upon and understood aright—self-victimization and the existential crisis one goes through for feeling like an outsider in his/her own life narrative is actually what "Fausto" is all about. The song communicates the pain of isolation and the struggle to connect with others in a meaningful way.