- published: 21 Apr 2016
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Montevideo (Spanish pronunciation: [mo̞n̪t̪e̞β̞iˈð̞e̞.o̞]) is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento. According to the census of 2004, Montevideo has a population of 1,325,968 (about half of Uruguay's population). It has an area of 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi) and extends 20 kilometres (12 mi) from west to east. The southernmost cosmopolitan capital city in the Americas and third most southern in the world, it is situated in the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: "Silver River") — which is often referred to in English-speaking countries as the River Plate. The city was under brief British rule in 1807 and was involved in the first major naval battle in the Second World War: the Battle of the River Plate. It is also the place where the Montevideo convention was signed, in 1933, by nineteen nations of the Americas. The city hosted all of the matches during the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. Montevideo has a rich architectural and cultural heritage, the latter including tango and candombe. According to Mercer Human Resource Consulting, in 2007 Montevideo provided the highest quality of life in Latin America.
Should I leave
Just let go of
Everythin', anythin'
Should I stay, try to hold on to
What might have been
But I feel I'm
Wasting my time again
Feel like I have
Nothing left to win
Where were you
When I needed a friend?
There's just nothing, nothing left
As I bleed
Though this wounds aren't
Hurting you they're killing me
And I feel this life ain't
Worth hanging on to tonight
So it's real
Say goodbye, no more you and me
No more fights
Only mine, mine and misery
But I feel I'm
Wasting my time again
Feel like I have
Nothing left to win
Where were you
When I needed a friend?
Is there nothing, nothing, nothing left?
As I bleed
Though this wounds aren't
Hurting you they're killing me
And I feel this life ain't
Worth hanging on to tonight
Ain't worth hanging on to tonight
As I bleed
Though this wounds aren't
Hurting you they're killing me
And I feel this life ain't
Worth hanging on tonight
But I feel I'm
Wasting my time again
Feel like I have
Nothing left to win
Where were you
When I needed a friend?