Cicatrices means "scars." It's a vivid, evocative word that goes beyond simple vocabulary, touching on themes of experience and memory.
In the song, Ălvaro Soler sings "Cicatrices cuentan que pasĂł" (Scars tell what happened). He uses this word not literally, but as a powerful metaphor for the lasting marks left by past struggles and lessons learned on life's path. It beautifully captures the idea that our hardest moments become part of our permanent story.
Alvaro Soler turns the road into a person here. First it is "El hermano del destino" (destiny's brother), and by the last line it is "Mi viejo amigo el camino" (my old friend the road). The chorus rests on that idea: "Nunca solo me sentĂ / A mi lado el camino" (I never felt alone / the road beside me). It's a slightly corny trick, but he commits to it completely.
The verses are where it gets more honest. He admits "Yo pensĂ© que me habĂa perdido" (I thought I'd lost myself) and says he couldn't explain why he had "Que pasarlo mal" (to go through hard times). Pasarlo mal is an everyday Spanish phrase worth stealing: literally "to pass it badly", it just means having a rough time. The climb leaves marks, too: "El bolsillo de polvo se llenĂł" (my pocket filled with dust) and "Cicatrices cuentan que pasĂł" (scars tell what happened). His verdict on the bad stretch is that it "Es parte del recorrido" (it's part of the journey), about as cheerful a take on getting lost as you'll hear.
Ălvaro Soler was ten when his family moved to Tokyo, and seventeen when he came back to Catalonia with piano lessons and most of a second childhood behind him. He was born in Sant Cugat del VallĂšs in 1991, formed the band Urban Lights in 2010 with his brother and a few friends, reached the final eight of the talent show ÂĄTĂș sĂ que vales! with them in 2013, and left in 2014 to work on his own.
The song that broke him was "El mismo sol" in 2015, a number one in Italy and Switzerland that was re-recorded as a bilingual version with Jennifer Lopez. "Sofia" did it again a year later, topping the charts in Italy, Poland, Belgium and Switzerland and going platinum several times over in Italy. His albums are Eterno agosto (2015), Mar de colores (2018), which carried "La cintura", Magia (2021) and El Camino (2025). He records in Spanish, English, Italian and German, wrote "Yo contigo, tĂș conmigo" with Morat for Despicable Me 3, and has coached on the German edition of The Voice Kids.