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