For example, the song “Achilles Last Stand” can portray the times when people are most vulnerable with a high probability of losing. Achilles Heel as we know is associated with someone's weakness. The song is about the singer vacation in Greece and Morocco after his accident which caused him to fear he would never walk again. Achilles was gleaming perfection. Even though he had a waspish temper, to the ancient Greeks he was the epitome of everything a man should be. He was a major in the battlefield, did what the gods told him. This warrior of warriors became a household name during the Trojan War when he conquered tons of Trojan towns and slaughtered a slew of Troy's best warriors. Achilles was totally unstoppable. Until he was shot in the heel by Paris. It turns out that Achilles' heel was the one place where he could be hurt, and ironically the tiny wound ended up bringing down the greatest warrior of all time. The rage and pure power of the song is meant to be the singer's equivalent of Achilles' rage. He is fighting fate, the very force that pushes down upon us all, that which we cannot fight. He is cutting down the Iliad to a 10 minute song that shows an attempt to defy destiny, in order to escape a fatal lifestyle, but in the end he loses the battle and the fury …show more content…
For example, the song “Cry of Achilles,” written and performed by Alter Bridge describes the struggle to overcome our weaknesses. The song refers to Achilles, the ancient Greek hero. In the beginning, the narrator feels helpless because he realizes his life was not as great as he thought it was, in detail he is saying “you are too deep you may never get out.” As the song continues, he says “knowing non if this is real,” he questions if there is more to life that what he normally perceives to be the truth or reality. Even though he feels unable to get out, he is beginning to have the realization that truth can still be found, and that people should not shut themselves off from the world, he mentions this in the lyrics: “don’t close your eyes, something beautiful is still alive.” He is saying that we need to go through all that so we can appreciate the beautiful things, and that if people are focused on the bad things that are happening, they are depriving themselves from seeing how beautiful the world