And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
And she never once took the crown from her head
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
And he bowed her down to the ground
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
And would not look at his face again
As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
"And tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
Your highness, your ways are very strange"
And slowly she let him inside
And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
She said, "You won't understand and you may as well not try"
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
And the sun, it was gold though the sky, it was gray
But the crown, it had fallen and she thought she would break
But her face was a child's and he thought she would cry
She asked him there to sit down
It cuts me inside and often I've bled"
Down the long narrow hall he was led
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
He said, "I see you now and you are so very young
And he laid his hand then on top of her head
And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
And now will you tell me why?"
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
And while the queen went on strangling
And she wanted more than she ever could say
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
Out in the distance her order was heard
Well, the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
But she closed herself up like a fan
She would only be a moment inside
And he took her to the window to see
Only first I am asking you why"
