Sweet Delilah Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Shinedown 

Cover art for Sweet Delilah lyrics by Hurt

Actually..i think that he's just singing about a girl with which he used to be in a relationship, the first verse is (i think) about how the relationship was going and the "building up a wall" is about him building a wall of emootions that took him down all the more when the relationship ended.

So the chorus is about him singing how he's been a fool for falling in love as much as he did, and it usually ends with "I know i've been i fool WHEN i said....(stops talking)" which probably refers to him being a fool when he said she loves her, because it's quite often that people tell their partners they love them (not to mention how easy some people say that) and then the partner hearing that takes it for granted and after some time loses interest..people are just imperfect that way :)

The 3rd verse part "Begged her not to know" kind of proves Forover Smacked's interpretation, but "slipped into the false" in my opinion again proves that he fell in love and SHE didn't return it right so he finds himself being a fool because of that..

That's my take.

My Interpretation