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La Casa de Papel/Money Heist returns to Netflix for a fifth season on Friday, September 3, and the show has the same theme song it did when it first started in 2017. Considering how action-packed Netflix's La Casa de Papel is, you'd be surprised how peaceful and calming its theme song is.
Spanish singer Cecilia Krull was chosen to create a song specifically for La Casa de Papel after Spanish composer Manel Santisteban reached out to her. While he wrote the music, she wrote the lyrics for "My Life Is Going On."
"I gained inspiration by the character of Tokio [Úrsula Corberó] when I first saw images from the first episode," she told SounDarts.gr. "I knew and felt that the series would be great! But we never expected that huge and worldwide success! It's amazing!"
The official music video has been watched over 93 million times on YouTube, and the song has been played on Spotify more than 93 million times. Needless to say, it's a hit, just like the show—Money Heist is one of the most popular shows on Netflix.
The first two seasons of La Casa de Papel featured the song playing against a paper model of the Royal Mint of Spain—the original setting for the show. They switched it up for part 3, and the song now plays against a paper model of the Bank of Spain—the new location for the series.
If you listen to the song carefully and read the lyrics, it's all about trusting yourself and living life on your own terms. Besides standing up against the government and being the resistance, La Casa de Papel is about the thieves taking life by the horns and doing whatever they want.
Music plays a significant role in La Casa de Papel. In the show, the thieves use the song "Bella Ciao" as a rallying cry. Singing the song together, the crew reaches a high level of unity. Further, the Italian folk song–and its history as an anti-fascist resistance anthem —aligns with the thieves' overall mission. They fight the power, and they do so by stealing lot and lots of money.
Compared to the upbeat, raucous "Bella Ciao," though, the show's theme song sounds downright downbeat, especially with lyrics like, "Lost my time, my life is going on." The introspective mood is on purpose: The song is supposed to reflect a character's emotional landscape.
Considering Krull said she was inspired by Tokio, who is known for following her gut and not caring about the consequences, it's only fitting that the meaning of "My Life Is Going On" speaks to that.
You can check out the full lyrics to "My Life Is Going On" here, courtesy of Genius—and watch the original music video below.
If I stay with you, if I'm choosing wrong
I don't care at all
If I'm losing now, but I'm winning late
That's all I want
Now we need some space, 'cause I feel for you
And I wanna change
Growing up alone, it seems so short
I can't explain
Whatever happens in the future, trust in destiny
Don't try to make anything else even when you feel
I don't care at all
I am lost
I don't care at all
Lost my time, my life is going on
I will be so strong, looking for a new version of myself
Cause now all I want is to be a part of my new world
Whatever happens in the future, trust in destiny
Don't try to make anything else even when you feel
I don't care at all
I am lost
I don't care at all
Why not have it all
I am lone
I don't care at all
Lost my time, my life is going on
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