Me refiero a la canción "Dog Days Are Over" de la banda británica de Indie/art rock Florence + The Machine del album Lungs.
Lo interesante de esta canción, aparte de su vídeo con interesante matiz artístico/folclórico, es la lírica que, con eufemismos y otras expresiones un tanto no convencionales, nos exhorta a tomar a ese estado de felicidad, del que tanto repite a lo largo de la canción, con alegría y sin miedo.
A grandes rasgos, la canción trata de una chica que está saliendo de una relación sentimental bastante complicada cuyas consecuencias la llevaron a un estado de depresión, pero que ya está en la fase final indicado por la frase "The Dog Days Are Over" (Los días de perros se terminaron, o los malos días se acabaron). Entrando en las letras, desde Happiness hit her like a train on track (La felicidad le pegó como un tren en movimiento) hasta With every bubble she sank with her drink (haciendo referencia a problemas de alcohol que representa a la depresión) expresa esa montaña rusa de emociones que se viven en el inicio/epílogo de toda experiencia sentimental complicada.
La canción empieza a tomar ritmo con Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father, run for your children for your sisters and brothers (Corre rápido por tu madre, por tu padre, por tus hijos, tus hermanas y hermanos) que es como decir que en los malos momentos debemos correr hacia nuestra familia, que son los únicos que de manera incondicional nos van a ayudar.
Y existen otro montón de expresiones que junto a un ritmo jovial de sonidos fuertes y retumbantes lo llevan a uno a un estado apacible que, me imagino, era la intención de la canción en su conjunto.
Y sin aburrirlos mucho, les dejo la letra y el vídeo de Dog Days Are Over
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
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