This song refers to Elizabeth’s (later Queen Elizabeth I of England) imprisonment in the Tower of London during the reign of her sister Mary I. She was sent to the Tower in May 1554 because of suspected involvement in the Wyatt Rebellion. This song imagines Elizabeth’s feelings on being imprisoned...
Tower cold, Tower cold
Oh the tales that you have told
I don't pretend to feel no fear
For I know too well what happens here
Tower cold, Tower cold
I know a tale that you have told
I am haunted, I am bound
I feel her presence all around
I pray to God in this dark hour
And my fate is it in this tower?
Tower cold, Tower cold
I know a tale that you have told
I see her name etched in the brick
My mother Anne Boleyn
I won't end here, I won't end here