La princesa y el soldado

The story behind

Carlos Vives wrote La princesa y el soldado for the album El rock de mi pueblo, which was released in 2004. The song lasts four and a half minutes, and feels like a story told by the fire, with rhythm and melancholy. It is a piece that mixes the popular with the traditional, as if folklore had become fashionable. The lyrics speak of two characters, one that seems to be a knight and the other that seems to be a lady, but it's not just that: it is a way of saying things that are felt, with a touch of nostalgia and a bit of drama. People listen to it a lot, especially on platforms like Last.fm, where it has over nineteen thousand plays. It is a song that can be touched, that can be understood, and that can be felt.