Cuando pase el temblor

"Cuando pase el temblor"
Song

"Cuando pase el temblor" (Spanish for "After the earthquake passes" or "After the tremor passes") is a rock song by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo featured as the second track on the 1985 Nada personal album. After being released in October 1985, "Cuando pase el temblor" became one of Soda Stereo's better known songs together with "De música ligera". "Cuando pase el temblor" is one of Soda Stereo's few songs to feature elements of Andean music, in this case panflutes.

Lyrics

The lyrics addressed metaphorically, to crack cocaine and its effects. This becomes very clear with examples like when he speaks of "walking on rocks" (the crack cocaine have a form of rock) and "feel a tremor in his body" (a symptom).