“Suzanne Vega admitted interviews that the construction of this song took several months, and started off strangely with two queens and a war waging inside the same castle. When that proved futile, she moved the war to just outside the walls, removed one of the queens, and introduced the soldier. After toying with it off and on, one day "the rhymes seemed to suggest themselves."”
Suzanne Vega admitted interviews that the construction of this song took several months, and started off strangely with two queens and a war waging inside the same castle. When that proved futile, she moved the war to just outside the walls, removed one of the queens, and introduced the soldier. After toying with it off and on, one day "the rhymes seemed to suggest themselves."