Flowers Never Bend
Whit The Rainfall

Through the corridors of sleep
Past the shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion

I don't know what is real,
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall

The mirror on my wall
Casts an image dark and small
But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection

I am blinded by the light
Of God and truth and right
And I wander in the night without direction

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall

It's no matter if you're born
To play the King or pawn
For the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow,
So my fantasy
Becomes reality,
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall.

 

Guitarra: Paul Simon

 

© 1965 Paul Simon (BMI)
Disco: The Paul Simon Songbook

 

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Comentarios: Canción sobre la lucha entre aceptar la realidad o evadirla. El protagonista quiere convencerse de que la vida es eterna y que las dificultades no lo afectan, pero en el fondo sabe que eso no es verdad.
La metáfora de que "las flores nunca se doblegan con la lluvia" representa el deseo de mantenerse firme ante las adversidades, pero también puede interpretarse como un autoengaño: en realidad, las flores sí se doblan, así como todos somos afectados por la vida y el paso del tiempo".