Samson - Regina Spektor

Samson es un tema de la cantautora rusa Regina Spektor presente en su segundo álbum, "Songs", aunque el tema fue remasterizado para incluirse nuevamente en su cuarto álbum, Begin to Hope.

Regina Spektor escribe inteligentemente esta canción con un significado muy abierto que nos permite suponer diferentes situaciones.
Por una parte, nos remite a la bíblica historia de Samson y Delilah (Sansón y Dalila), que cuenta como Samson pierde sus poderes  a manos de la sirviente de Delilah, que es obligada a cortarle los cabellos a traición para debilitarle. Así se refleja el amor y confianza incondicional de Samson hacia Delilah a pesar de ser traicionado, su capacidad de perdonar (''I cut his hair myself one night [...] He told me that I'd done alright and kissed me 'till the morning light'')
Otra interpretación de la canción, mucho más cotidiana, es la de una persona enferma de cáncer terminal que sigue luchando por su vida junto a la persona a la que ama: una lucha para ambos. Miles de nombres sin cara alrededor del mundo que se pierden en el olvido de todos (''And History books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us'') y se refugian en el recuerdo de unos pocos (''Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth''), personas que, como en el crudo y real caso de la canción, no consiguen susperar la barrera de la enfermedad ni con ayuda de sus seres queridos (''We couldn't bring the columns down. We couldn't destroy a single one'')

Con esta sincera letra se presenta ''Samson'', una canción acústica a piano, directa, sincera, cruda y 
sentida

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth

I have to go, I have to go

Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of wonder bread

And went right back to bed

And the history books forgot about us

And the Bible didn't mention us

The Bible didn't mention us

Not even once

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the stars came falling on our heads

But they're just old light, they're just old light

Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed

Told me that my hair was red

He told me I was beautiful

And came into my bed

 I cut his hair myself one night

A pair of dull scissors and the yellow light

And he told me that I'd done alright

And kissed me till the morning light, the morning light

And he kissed me till the morning light

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

Ate a slice of wonder bread

And went right back to bed

Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down

Yeah, we couldn't destroy a single one

And the history books forgot about us

And the Bible didn't mention us

Not even once

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first