Armor and Sword

Armor and Sword

Song_infobox
Name = Armor and Sword


SorA = album
Artist = Rush
Album = Snakes & Arrows
Released = May 1, 2007
track_no = 2
Recorded =
Genre = Progressive rock, Hard rock
Length = 6:36
Writer = Lifeson/Lee/Peart
Composer =
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Rush & Nick Raskulinecz
Chart position =
prev = "Far Cry"
prev_no = 1
next = "Workin' Them Angels"
next_no = 3

"Armor and Sword" is a song by Canadian prog-rock band Rush from their 2007 album Snakes and Arrows.

Background

The song's background was described by Neil Peart: "That title metaphor had been developed for my book, Roadshow, to describe the 'good' kind of faith as being armor, while the 'bad' kind of faith is a sword." [ The Game of Snakes and Arrows by Neil Peart [http://www.rush.com/thegameofsnakesandarrows/Rush.Essay4.S&A.pdf Rush Essay] Accessed September 18 2007]

The song's opening lyric, "The snakes and arrows a child is heir to/Are enough to leave a thousand cuts" contain the title of the album on which it was released.

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