Six
Down By The Waterside
(Flashback) Again this scene shows us 'The Lover', this time as a young boy growing up in a hostile environment. The "towers falling" could therefore be either literal or symbolic images of his crumbling world. The song was originally written about a boy growing up in the then war ravaged city of Lebanon in the 1970-80s, and the devastating effects on both himself and his family. In fact the Lover could be Lebanese in origin who perhaps re-settled in the West with his family during the conflict as refugees. The memories and experiences of that time still haunt him into his adult life and helped shape the teenager and then the young man that he became...
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Down By The Waterside
(Flashback) Again this scene shows us 'The Lover', this time as a young boy growing up in a hostile environment. The "towers falling" could therefore be either literal or symbolic images of his crumbling world. The song was originally written about a boy growing up in the then war ravaged city of Lebanon in the 1970-80s, and the devastating effects on both himself and his family. In fact the Lover could be Lebanese in origin who perhaps re-settled in the West with his family during the conflict as refugees. The memories and experiences of that time still haunt him into his adult life and helped shape the teenager and then the young man that he became...
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