I think the biggest misconception people have with this song is that it’s a prayer of sorts, or a blasphemy (wanting to trade places with God). But you know how that goes. Meatloaf was told repeatedly that, by the end of his song, no one would know what he wouldn’t do for love, but still a lot of people don’t know what “that” is!
Kate Bush said she at first wanted it to be a deal with the devil, but that wouldn’t fit the flow of the song, and that probably would have come off as a little bizarre.
My interpretation is that the song is about a woman about to get married and having second thoughts. The building is a church. A lot of churches are built on hills, so that’s easy. She’s with someone who has hurt her a lot and although she isn’t going to back out of it, she wishes he could understand her point of view if only briefly.
I think the biggest misconception people have with this song is that it’s a prayer of sorts, or a blasphemy (wanting to trade places with God). But you know how that goes. Meatloaf was told repeatedly that, by the end of his song, no one would know what he wouldn’t do for love, but still a lot of people don’t know what “that” is!
Kate Bush said she at first wanted it to be a deal with the devil, but that wouldn’t fit the flow of the song, and that probably would have come off as a little bizarre.
My interpretation is that the song is about a woman about to get married and having second thoughts. The building is a church. A lot of churches are built on hills, so that’s easy. She’s with someone who has hurt her a lot and although she isn’t going to back out of it, she wishes he could understand her point of view if only briefly.