ANALISIS DE UNA CANCION DE RUSH

La primera metáfora de la canción "Armor and Sword" (Armadura y Espada), dice:
"The snakes and arrows a child is heir to Are enough to leave a thousand cuts"

lo que traduce:
"Las culebras y flechas que un niño hereda son suficientes para dejar 1000 cortadas"

Esta canción se refiere a la nacionalidad, al lenguaje y a la religión que nos viene impresa al azar, a las peleas familiares, a los errores de los padres, en general, a las circunstancias socioeconómicas en las que se nace, a todo ese mundo que rodeará y moldeará la personalidad, que puede servirnos como una armadura o incluso cortarnos como una espada (armadura y espada!).

Es un letra muuuyyyy interesante escrita por Neil Peart.
Aqui tienen la letra, y la canción la escucharán si aprietan Play en el iPhone a su izquierda.
Enjoy it!

ARMOR AND SWORD
The snakes and arrows a child is heir to
Are enough to leave a thousand cuts
We build our defenses, a place of safety
And leave the darker places unexplored

Sometimes the fortress is too strong
Or the love is too weak
What should have been our armor
Becomes a sharp and angry sword

Our better natures seek elevation
A refuge for the coming night
No one gets to their heaven without a fight

We hold beliefs as a consolation
A way to take us out of ourselves
Meditation or medication
A comfort, or a promised reward

Sometimes the spirit is too strong
Or the flesh is too weak
Sometimes the need is just too great
For the solace we seek
The suit of shining armor
Becomes a keen and bloody sword

No one gets to their heaven without a fight
A refuge for the coming night
A future of eternal light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Confused alarms of struggle and flight
Blood is drained of color
By the flashes of artillery light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
The battle flags are flown
At the feet of a god unknown
No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Sometimes the damage is too great
Or the will is too weak
What should have been our armor
Becomes a sharp and burning sword