"But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore
The city piece by piece."
Pretty sure it's talking about our current worldly situation, we've got a torrent of issues affecting us all, one of which being the environmental problems we're facing. Although we keep saying we are going to fix it, we haven't seemed to do too much about it.
Historia Calamitatum - History of my calamities
"But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece."
Pretty sure it's talking about our current worldly situation, we've got a torrent of issues affecting us all, one of which being the environmental problems we're facing. Although we keep saying we are going to fix it, we haven't seemed to do too much about it.
I don't think this is literal. I believe there is deeper meaning to this, it's a metaphor.
I don't think this is literal. I believe there is deeper meaning to this, it's a metaphor.