The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you anymore"
And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why"
Down the long narrow hall he was led
Into her room with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down
He said, "I see you now and you are so very young
And he bowed her down to the ground
"Tell me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
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