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Hierro Dulce

Mateo Céspedes
Artist
Mateo Céspedes
Latin Bachata2:42April 20, 2026
0:00 2:42

Influenced by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40, Silvio Rodríguez, Luis Segura, Pat Metheny. Mateo Céspedes spent over a decade in his family's Santiago woodworking shop, learning the stories of his neighbors by repairing their broken furniture. At 32, he traded his tools for a requinto guitar, building sophisticated bachatas with a carpenter's precision and a poet's heart. On his desk, he still keeps his grandfather's favorite chisel, a reminder to build songs that, like a well-made chair, are meant to last.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
El viejo puente de hierro sobre el Yaque,
en las tardes de agosto, un horno perfecto.
Juramos querernos con nombres en esmalte
y un vértigo exacto por todo trayecto.

[Chorus]
Y ese hierro dulce nos aguantó la vida entera,
la viga invisible de nuestra primavera.
Nunca medimos el peso de tanta promesa,
apoyada en su óxido con delicadeza.

[Verse 2]
“¡Se van a caer, muchachos!”, gritaba doña Inés,
y su voz se perdía en el ruido del agua.
Éramos la prueba de carga, la estupidez
de una generación que no pedía tregua.

[Chorus]
Y ese hierro dulce nos aguantó la vida entera,
la viga invisible de nuestra primavera.
Nunca medimos el peso de tanta promesa,
apoyada en su óxido con delicadeza.

[Bridge]
No era el acero, era la fe con que se ensamblaba
cada tornillo terco, cada tabla que aguantaba.
Una línea de tiza que unía dos orillas del alma.

[Chorus]
(Key change up)
Y ese hierro dulce nos aguantó la vida entera,
la viga maestra de nuestra borrachera.
Ahora medimos el peso de aquella proeza:
sostener un futuro con tanta certeza.

[Outro]
Puente de Cienfuegos…
Hierro dulce, qué fuerza.

About Mateo Céspedes

Mateo Céspedes spent over a decade in his family's Santiago woodworking shop, learning the stories of his neighbors by repairing their broken furniture. At 32, he traded his tools for a requinto guitar, building sophisticated bachatas with a carpenter's precision and a poet's heart. On his desk, he still keeps his grandfather's favorite chisel, a reminder to build songs that, like a well-made…

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