Don't Say a Word (Sonata Arctica)

Liricamente hablando esta canción es de las mas oscuras y malignas que he escuchado. Es parte de una trilogía de canciones que cuenta la historia de un niño que crece en un ambiente hostil y falto de afecto que eventualmente lo llevará a convertirse en un hombre lleno de traumas y en ultima instancia, a asesinar a la mujer con la que mantuvo una relación.

La música tiene un ritmo bastante acelerado, ad hok al sentimiento de odio y furia que quiere demostrar la letra con una leve disminución de velocidad en los coros, lo que no deja de restarle intensidad a la instrumentalización. La canción se mueve por tonos obscuros, dominando la mayoría del tiempo el color negro y el ambiente oscuro. La letra merece un analisis mas detallado ya que las figuras literarias que ocupa Sonata Arctica siempre han sido dignas de notar en detalle.

Como ya dije, esta canción es la parte final de una trilogía que culmina con un hombre despechado por una infilidad que esta decidido a terminar con la vida de la mujer en cuestión.
La escena que describe la letra es la del hombre supuestamente parado ante la puerta o ventana de la casa en donde reside la mujer, dispuesto a confrotarla y a terminar con su vida, la primera estrofa da cuenta de esta escena al partir con "I am your poison candygram" (soy tu "dulce a domicilio" envenenado), esta idea se repite en la segunda estrofa cuando se canta "Once again my shadow will enter your life" (una vez mas mi sombra entrará en tu vida).
La cuarta estrofa nos lleva a un cambio de escena, esta vez dentro de la habitación, hablandole directamente a la mujer, y entra el precoro diciendo "Open your blue eyes, tell me that you love me, whore" (abre tus ojos azules, dime que me amas, puta). La acción transcurre dentro de la habitación y frente a la mujer hasta el fin de la canción.
Posteriormente aparece esta linea que recuerda un poco a escenas de Otelo de William Shakespeare, se canta en la sexta estrofa "I place a black candle on your chest, the path of night is manifest" (coloco una vela negra en tu pecho, el camino de la noche esta escrito).
La historia va construyendo un climax totalmente oscuro, lleno de temor y odio.
Partes de la letra que nos demuestran el sentimiento del tipo son: "No word you say tonight can make this be alright.... Remember this?: pacta sunt servanda" (nada que digas esta noche podrá arreglar esto, recuerdas esto? pacta sunt servanda), "pacta sunt servanda" es un aforismo romano que significa "lo pactado obliga". Con estas lineas manifiesta el odio por la traición de ella.
Finalmente, cuando ya esta todo dicho, se finaliza con "Closing your eyes, don't ever say you love me, whore. You never meant a word, I know you lied. When there is life, there is despair, indulge me now. And stay alive this night... I promise you the end before the first light arrives" (Cerrando tus ojos nunca digas que me amas, puta. Nunca creiste una palabra, se que mentiste. Cuando hay vida hay desesperación, complaceme ahora y quedate viva esta noche... te prometo el final antes de que la primera luz llegue). Con esto se describe implícitamente el final del cuento, similar a Otelo.


Lyrics:
I am your poison candygram,
The love that's meant to fade away
Vade retro, alter ego, move aside, I'm choking on this life
I think I tolerate your hate, as long as you're afraid
All I wanted was to be with you and suffer every day

Under the moon I hold a wake for a promise torn
Mortally wounded, feelings sheltered me
Once again my shadow will enter your life
Time to walk with me the last mile...

I read a book about a man, a love, a woman, how they died
How I was waved aside, listen how the headless doves cry
I truly see a madman in the mirror when I'm weak
I spent a year in love before I realized it's me

Open your blue eyes, tell me that you love me, whore
Make me believe it, oh I know you're lying
Broke the vow I thought you made, my angel, why...
Could I let you wait out the night

Mother always said “My son, do the noble thing..."
You have to finish what you started, no matter what,
Now, sit, watch and learn...
"It's not how long you live, but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word... don't say a word

It won't be long now, love, like mist I slowly fill the room
I place a black candle on your chest,
The path of night is manifest
I never wanted us to end up in this catatonic phase
It was not me who ran away, you made me stray...

Open your blue eyes, tell me that you love me, whore
Make me believe it, oh I know you lie
Broke the vow I thought you made, my angel, why...
Settling the score, we pass the twilight...

Mother always said “My son, do the noble thing..."
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit, watch and learn...
"It's not how long you live, but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word... don't say a word

Strawberry blonde, your stranglehold
on my heart is bound to end
I suppose, life sometimes,
It doesn't go the way it was meant
Though you never were a believer,
I assure you: I won't die before you
You read the book now,
The part “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust”

Short is the flight of this little starling
Love sounds familiar, but the emotion escapes me
I will carpe the diem while it's still here,
And see how the fear of death becomes her

We had it all so sweet
Made for me, you, indeed...
Big secret, small the lie
Don't cry for me, oh, argentite

No word you say tonight
Can make this be alright
I'll help you follow through
Remember this?: pacta sunt servanda

... The wounds are too deep,
I need to keep the scars
to prove there was a time
When I loved something more than life

Unlike the last time here,
I now have the means and a will sincere
Your knight is nowhere near
Unfortunate for you, this makes me your God...

Closing your eyes, don't ever say you love me, whore
You never meant a word, I know you lied
When there is life, there is despair, indulge me now
And stay alive this night...
I promise you the end before the first light arrives

Mother always said “My son, do the noble thing..."
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit, watch and learn...
"It's not how long you live, but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word... don't say a word

Mother always said “My son, do the noble thing..."
You have to finish what you started, no matter what
Now, sit, watch and learn...
"It's not how long you live, but what your morals say"
Cannot keep your part of the deal
So don't say a word... don't say a word