This song is, to me, a very nice interpretation of the myth of 'Hero and Leander'.
Hero and Leander is a Greek myth. Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelled in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont. Leander, a young man from Abydos, on the other side of the strait, fell in love with her, and he would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero would light a lamp every night at the top of her tower, to guide his way.
Succumbing to Leander's soft words, and to his argument that Aphrodite, as goddess of love, would scorn the worship of a virgin, Hero allowed him to make love to her. But one stormy winter night, the waves tossed Leander in the sea and the breezes blew out Hero's light, and Leander lost his way (but some say he thought Hero had let the light go out and he just gave up), and was drowned. Hero had fallen asleep and was certain that it was her fault the light went out and thus threw herself from a tower in grief and died as well.
This song is, to me, a very nice interpretation of the myth of 'Hero and Leander'. Hero and Leander is a Greek myth. Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelled in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont. Leander, a young man from Abydos, on the other side of the strait, fell in love with her, and he would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero would light a lamp every night at the top of her tower, to guide his way.
Succumbing to Leander's soft words, and to his argument that Aphrodite, as goddess of love, would scorn the worship of a virgin, Hero allowed him to make love to her. But one stormy winter night, the waves tossed Leander in the sea and the breezes blew out Hero's light, and Leander lost his way (but some say he thought Hero had let the light go out and he just gave up), and was drowned. Hero had fallen asleep and was certain that it was her fault the light went out and thus threw herself from a tower in grief and died as well.
Pretty good comparison I think.