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This Land Is Mine Lyrics
From behind these walls I hear your song, oh sweet words
The music that you play lights up my world
The sweetest that I've heard
Could it be that I've been touched and turned, oh lord please
Finally, finally things are changing
This land is mine but I'll let you rule
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh I'm ready to let you in
Just as long as we know, this land is mine
After all the battles and wars, the scars and loss
Well I am still the queen of my domain
And feeling stronger now
The walls are down a little more each day, since you came
Finally, finally things are changing
This land is mine but I'll let you rule
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh I'm ready to let you in
Just as long as we know, this land is mine
For all the days I've traveled alone
In this cold and colorless place till now
It's what I had to pay
This land is mine but I'll let you rule
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh I'm ready to let you in
Just as long as we know, this land is mine
This land is mine but I'll let you rule
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
The music that you play lights up my world
The sweetest that I've heard
Could it be that I've been touched and turned, oh lord please
Finally, finally things are changing
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh I'm ready to let you in
Just as long as we know, this land is mine
Well I am still the queen of my domain
And feeling stronger now
The walls are down a little more each day, since you came
Finally, finally things are changing
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh I'm ready to let you in
Just as long as we know, this land is mine
In this cold and colorless place till now
It's what I had to pay
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
So find your home and settle in
Oh I'm ready to let you in
Just as long as we know, this land is mine
I'll let you navigate and demand
Just as long as you know, this land is mine
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i love this song so much.
it's about how she has been alone for so long, and has built up walls, but finally she met someone and slowly her walls are coming down, and she trusts this person. finally things feel right. it's about how she is falling in love and sharing her life with someone, instead of keeping her distance. but she still says "this land is mine."
I've never heard this song. The lyrics are really good. I can really relate to this song. It's about letting your guard down for someone and letting them in your heart. But she won't let herself be completely lost by love.
It's beautiful. I agree with jamieanastacia - "From behind these walls I hear your song...the sweetest I have heard." She can't believe how sweet everything is, and how she's able to feel again - "could it be that I've been touched and turned? Oh Lord, please, finally" But she isn't going to throw herself into it, she'll let him in but still maintain that "this land is mine", even though she'll let him in
It's also a wonderful contrast to the first song on the album, White Flag, where she's proclaiming that "There will be no white flag above my door"... she seems to have softened now by the end of the album.
This song is her telling her love interest when making love to her, give her respect. Respect her body.
'Land' being her body. 'This land is mine, but I'll let you rule, I'll let you navigate and demand'. - This is my body but I'm opening it up for you to give me some lovin'..
But one exception.. 'Just as long as you know, this land is mine', just as long as they respect her body and don't take advantage of her.
'Ohh I'm ready to let you IN' how more blatant could this be?... I'm ready to let you come into me...
@andante_66 I've heard this song a hundred times, and this same thing only now occurred to me. I came to this site to see if someone else thought the same thing, and bingo... you said it well!
@andante_66 I've heard this song a hundred times, and this same thing only now occurred to me. I came to this site to see if someone else thought the same thing, and bingo... you said it well!
The song, to me, seems to be based on the ancient story of Dido and Aeneas (from the Aeneid) where Dido is a widow queen over her people, and Aeneas comes over the sea, and, with the help of the gods, wins over her heart, although she has sworn it to her dead husband. The falling of the walls would be the flagging construction teams of Carthage, as their queen becomes idle, so the construction stops.
Perhaps this interpretation is a little too obvious, but the story seems to fit very well with other interpretations for this song, so it could be a double meaning.
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...
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.
"For all the days I've traveled alone In this cold and colorless place till now It's what I had to pay "
I can relate so much to the above. I have always been single (not voluntarily) and travelling in different countries. I met so many people on the road and explored many exciting places, yet I still felt and feel so lonely.
I think that to some extent travelling is my coping mechanism for being single. It is like escaping myself, my own thoughts, my loneliness...
"After all the battles and wars, the scars and loss I am still the queen of my domain"
For some reason I have had only very short episodes with emotionally unavailable men who were just after one thing. I am so scared of being hurt and disappointed again. Unlike the song, things are not finally changing for me. Seems like I am not meant to be in a relationship...Going travelling to South America in few weeks.