But she closed herself up like a fan
And she wanted more than she ever could say
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And would not look at his face again
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
She would only be a moment inside
As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
"And tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
But the crown, it had fallen and she thought she would break
He said, "I see you now and you are so very young
She said, "You won't understand and you may as well not try"
She asked him there to sit down
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
Songwriter: Suzanne Vega
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
Down the long narrow hall he was led
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
And the sun, it was gold though the sky, it was gray
And while the queen went on strangling
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
And he laid his hand then on top of her head
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he bowed her down to the ground
Your highness, your ways are very strange"
Out in the distance her order was heard
And she never once took the crown from her head
And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
Well, the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
In the solitude she preferred, the battle continued on
But her face was a child's and he thought she would cry
But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
And now will you tell me why?"
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To get all I deserve and to give all I can
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And slowly she let him inside
Only first I am asking you why"
It cuts me inside and often I've bled"
And he took her to the window to see
And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached