Cruz De Navajas Lyrics in English Mecano

Imagine a slice-of-life tale that suddenly turns into a crime-scene headline. Cruz De Navajas follows Mario, a bar worker who finishes his shifts when the sun is already peeking through the Madrid skyline, and María, his restless wife who spends her mornings waiting with coffee, longing and half-dressed promises. Their routine paints a picture of working-class exhaustion: opposite schedules, mismatched desires and an intimacy that slips through the cracks of everyday life. The title means “cross of switchblades” and foreshadows the razor-sharp tension that hovers over this couple.

One unlucky dawn, Mario’s shift ends early because of a police raid, and he heads home expecting the usual silence. Instead, he catches María kissing another man in the empty street. Passion snaps into tragedy: knives flash, blood stains the lilac-coloured dawn and the news report later blames “two drug addicts,” hiding the real story of jealousy, betrayal and social indifference. Mecano wraps this dark urban ballad in an upbeat pop-synth melody, creating a chilling contrast that reminds listeners how easily ordinary lives can end in sensational tragedy.