[Sting] - Shape of My Heart.1993

 

He deals the cards as a meditation

And those he plays never suspect

He doesn't play for the money he wins

He don't play for respect

 

He deals the cards to find the answer

The sacred geometry of chance

The hidden law of a probable outcome

The numbers lead a dance

 

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

 

He may play the jack of diamonds

He may lay the queen of spades

He may conceal a king in his hand

While the memory of it fades

 

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

That's not the shape

The shape of my heart

 

If I told her that I loved you

You'd maybe think there's something wrong

I'm not a man of too many faces

The mask I wear is one

 

But those who speak know nothing

And find out to their cost

Like those who curse their luck in too many places

And those who fear are lost

 

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

That's not the shape of my heart

That's not the shape

The shape of my heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

영국의 아티스트 Sting의 곡으로, 1993년 발표된 앨범 <Ten Summoner's Tales>에 수록되었고, 우리에게는 영화 레옹의 OST로 많이 기억되는 곡이다. 영화 레옹의 전세계적인 히트와 함께 이 노래 역시 전세계적으로 크게 히트했으며, 발매된 지 약 30여년의 세월이 흘렀음에도 지금도 많은 사람들에게 명곡으로 회자되는 곡이다.

 

 

 

 

 

이 곡에서 기타를 연주한 사람은 Dominic Miller라는 버클리 음대 출신의 기타리스트로, 도입부의 서정적인 기타 리프가 인상적인데 그는 Sting과 자유롭게 곡 작업을 하던 중 우연히 이 기타 리프 부분을 연주하였는데, 옆에서 듣고 있던 Sting이 깜짝 놀라며 그 앉은 자리에서 곡 대부분의 멜로디를 완성했다고 전해진다.

Dominic Miller