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.
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