Today we got to Sting's work and decided to analyze his song Shape of My Heart. She hit the top 100 charts in the UK and some other European countries.
Shape Of My Heart (Sting) Lyrics SongMeanings
Hello. Today we got to Sting's work and decided to analyze his song Shape of My Heart. It reached the top 100 charts in the UK and several other European countries, and was also used in two popular films: Three of Hearts and Leon: The Professional (stills from the second film are taken for the music video).
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About the artist
Gordon (full name) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) was born in the UK in 1951. Since 1977 he has been a member of the group The Police as a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and in 1985 decided to start a solo career.
Throughout his career, Sting has received a number of awards: 17 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, four Oscar nominations and a BMI Award for the song Every Breath You Take, which became the most popular in the history of radio. But his main pride, as an Englishman, perhaps, can be considered the Order of the British Empire, received from the Queen for musical services to the country.
Now Sting is 67 years old, he continues to give concerts and record new tracks. Therefore, we wish him success in his career and move on to the analysis of the song itself.
English Songs: Lyrics Translation Stand Still (ZAYN)
About the song
The song Shape of My Heart (Sting) was recorded in 1993 as a single, which was soon included in the fifth album called Ten Summoner's Tales.The text of the song Shape of My Heart is dedicated to the card player. The author himself in an interview described the idea as follows:
I wanted to write about a card player, a gambler who gambles not to win but to try and figure out something; to figure out some kind of mystical logic in luck, or chance; some kind of scientific.
I wanted to write about a card player, a player who plays not to win, but to try to find out something, to reveal some mystical logic in luck or chance, in a kind of scientific way.
By the way, this is one of the few Sting tracks that was recorded together with guitarist Dominic Miller.
What is the difference between say, tell, speak and talk?
Shape Of My Heart Lyrics SongMeanings
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 plays cards like he's meditating
And those with whom he plays, and do not suspect
That he's not playing for the money
And he's not playing 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*
He plays to unravel
The sacred geometry of probability
The Hidden Law of Possible Event
And the numbers tickle the nerves *
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
I know that pikes are the swords of a soldier
I know clubs are weapons of war
I know diamonds are money for it
But I don't like it
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
He can go jack of diamonds
Or maybe put the queen of spades
He can hide in the king's hand
As long as he is forgotten
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
I know that pikes are the swords of a soldier
I know clubs are weapons of war
I know diamonds are money for it
But I don't like it
And if I told you 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
And if I told you that I love you
You would probably think that something is wrong
I don't hide under many guises
There is only one mask that I wear
Well, Those Who Speak Know Nothin '
And find out to their Cost
Like Those Who Curse Their Luck in Too Many Places
And Those Who Fear Are Lost
And who says a lot, actually does not know anything
And he learns about everything from his own experience
Like those who curse Fortune everywhere
And those who forgot about fear
I Know That The Spades Are the Swords of A Soldier
I Know That The Clubs Arepons of War
I Know That Diamonds Mean Money for this Art
But that
I know that the peaks are the swords of the soldier
I know that trefches are warfare
I know that tambourines are money for this
But I don't like it
That's not the Shape, The Shape of My Heart
That's not the Shape, The Shape of My Heart
I don't like it, I don't like it
I don't like it, I don't like it
*To led someone a dance – An English idiom, meaning force nervous, acting up.
** not the Shape of my heart – Here is a play of words, simultaneously means “I don't like it” and “this is not the shape of my heart”, all card suit, except worms, are mentioned in the bathe.
That's all. You may also be interested in the translation of the song Aerials (System of a Down). In the meantime – look for someting that woold be the Shape of your heart and keep learning English.
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