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.
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.