The song describes how one feels after a breakup. You can feel helpless (as she describes Alexander the Great without his shield or sword), broken and incomplete (as she describes the Sphynx when it lost its nose), lonely (like Colombus after he was pretty much forgotten by the Spanish monarchy). All in all she wants her lover to come back to her, (that's what "vuelve" means, "return")
I find it interesting how she uses all these allusions to famous people. A very good song about breaking up. And it's so upbeat it's strangely addicting.
The song describes how one feels after a breakup. You can feel helpless (as she describes Alexander the Great without his shield or sword), broken and incomplete (as she describes the Sphynx when it lost its nose), lonely (like Colombus after he was pretty much forgotten by the Spanish monarchy). All in all she wants her lover to come back to her, (that's what "vuelve" means, "return")
I find it interesting how she uses all these allusions to famous people. A very good song about breaking up. And it's so upbeat it's strangely addicting.