Lagu lain dari Suzanne Vega
Deskripsi
Produser: Lenny Kaye
Produser: Ronald K. Fierstein
Produser: Steve Addabbo
Penulis Lirik Komposer: Suzanne Vega
Lirik dan terjemahan
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The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill'
"And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill"
"But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
"Only first I am asking you why"
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young"
"But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won"
"And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun"
"And now will you tell me why?"
Well, the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread"
"It cuts me inside, and often I've bled."
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground
"And tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel"
"As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed"
"But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man"
"To get all I deserve and to give all I can"
"And to love a young woman who I don't understand"
"Your highness, your ways are very strange"
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
Terjemahan bahasa Indonesia
Prajurit itu datang mengetuk pintu kamar ratu
Dia berkata, "Aku tidak berjuang lagi untukmu"
Ratu tahu dia pernah melihat wajahnya di suatu tempat sebelumnya
Dan perlahan dia membiarkannya masuk
Katanya, “Aku sudah mengawasi istanamu di atas bukit ini.”
"Dan aku bertanya-tanya siapa wanita yang kita semua bunuh"
"Tapi aku akan berangkat besok dan kamu bisa melakukan apa yang kamu mau
"Hanya pertama-tama aku bertanya padamu kenapa"
Di lorong sempit yang panjang dia dituntun
Ke kamarnya dengan permadani merah
Dan dia tidak pernah sekalipun mengambil mahkota dari kepalanya
Dia memintanya di sana untuk duduk
Dia berkata, "Saya melihatmu sekarang, dan kamu masih sangat muda"
"Tetapi saya telah melihat lebih banyak pertempuran yang kalah daripada kemenangan yang saya peroleh"
"Dan aku punya intuisi ini, mengatakan itu semua untuk kesenanganmu"
"Dan sekarang maukah kamu memberitahuku alasannya?"
Baiklah, ratu muda, dia menatapnya dengan tatapan arogan
Dia berkata, "Kamu tidak akan mengerti, dan sebaiknya kamu tidak mencobanya"
Tapi wajahnya masih anak-anak, dan dia pikir dia akan menangis
Tapi dia menutup dirinya seperti kipas angin
Dan dia berkata, “Saya telah menelan benang rahasia yang terbakar”
"Itu melukai saya di dalam, dan sering kali saya berdarah."
Dia meletakkan tangannya lalu di atas kepalanya
Dan dia membungkukkannya ke tanah
"Dan beritahu aku betapa laparnya kamu? Betapa lemahnya perasaanmu"
"Karena kamu tinggal di sini sendirian, dan kamu tidak pernah terungkap"
"Tapi aku tidak akan berbaris lagi di medan perangmu"
Dan dia membawanya ke jendela untuk melihat
Dan matahari berwarna emas, meskipun langit berwarna abu-abu
Dan dia menginginkan lebih dari yang bisa dia katakan
Tapi dia tahu betapa hal itu membuatnya takut, dan dia berbalik
Dan tidak mau menatap wajahnya lagi
Dan dia berkata, "Saya ingin hidup sebagai orang jujur"
"Untuk mendapatkan semua yang pantas saya dapatkan dan memberikan semua yang saya bisa"
"Dan untuk mencintai seorang wanita muda yang aku tidak mengerti"
"Yang Mulia, cara Anda sangat aneh"
Tapi mahkotanya telah jatuh, dan dia pikir dia akan patah
Dan dia berdiri di sana, malu karena hatinya sakit
Dan dia membawanya ke ambang pintu dan memintanya untuk menunggu
Dia hanya akan berada di dalam sesaat
Di kejauhan perintahnya terdengar
Dan tentara itu terbunuh, masih menunggu kata-katanya
Dan sementara sang ratu terus mencekik dalam kesendirian, dia lebih suka
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