| Dido – This Land Is Mine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think it's a bit more political than what the others seem to be getting out of it. To me the lyrics should be read much more at face value without reading "love interest" into everything Dido sings about. I suspect that Dido is singing on behalf of her country (England) to the many foreign nationals, possibly thinking about Arab states from which some semi-recent terrorist have tended to originate. Her opening verse talks of the enrichment that she (and the English) get from hearing from other cultures. The chorus talks about letting in immigrants and giving them rights in England, but with the proviso that they respect and remember that she (the English) was here first. The other verses talk about the sacrifices that the English have made over the centuries to build England — reiterating why she wants to maintain the understanding that it’s HER land first. |
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