{"id":2536,"date":"2021-11-17T21:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T04:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeonearthstar.com\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2022-06-01T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:11:35","slug":"the-queen-and-the-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeonearthstar.com\/?p=2536","title":{"rendered":"The Queen and The Soldier- Suzanne Vega"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div style=\"display: contents;\" >\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-dt0sxrblfjm\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:75.000000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-dt0sxrblfjm\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Dt0sXRBLfJM?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Dt0sXRBLfJM?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifeonearthstar.com\\\/?p=2536#arve-youtube-dt0sxrblfjm\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/Dt0sXRBLfJM?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Queen &amp; The Soldier <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The soldier came knocking upon the queen&#8217;s door <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, &#8220;I am not fighting for you any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The queen knew she&#8217;d seen his face someplace before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And slowly she let him inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve watched your palace up here on the hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;ve wondered who&#8217;s the woman for whom we all kill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only first I am asking you why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Down in the long narrow hall he was led <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Into her rooms with her tapestries red<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she never once took the crown from her head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She asked him there to sit down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.He said, &#8220;I see you now, and you are so very young<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I&#8217;ve seen more battles lost than I have battles won<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;ve got this intuition, says it&#8217;s all for your fun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now will you tell me why?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, &#8220;You won&#8217;t understand, and you may as well not try&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But her face was a child&#8217;s, and he thought she would cry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she closed herself up like a fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve swallowed a secret burning thread<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cuts me inside, and often I&#8217;ve bled.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He laid his hand then on top of her head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And he bowed her down to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Tell me how hungry are you? 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