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Suzanne Vega
26 quotes
“The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door, He said "I am not fighting for you any more.”
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“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.”
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“I have swallowed a secret burning thread.”
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“I won't march again on your battlefield.”
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“If you were to kill me now right here, I would still look you in the eye”
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“And when they ask me, "What are you looking at?" I always answer, "Nothing much" (Not much)”
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“I think they know that I'm looking at them I think they think I must be out of touch But I'm only In the outskirts And in the fringes On the edge And off the avenue And if you want me You can find me Left of center Wondering about you”
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“I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee and he fills it only halfway and before I even argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in.”
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“It is always nice to see you" Says the man behind the counter To the woman who has come in She is shaking her umbrella And I look the other way As they are kissing their hellos And I'm pretending not to see them”
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“I open up the paper, there's the story of an actor who had died while he was drinking, it was no one I had heard of.”
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“My name is Luka. I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you. Yes, I think you've seen me before.”
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“If you hear something late at night, Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight, Just don't ask me what it was.”
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“They only hit until you cry, After that, you don't ask why.”
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“The light and sweet coffee color of her skin”
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“Kids will grow like weeds on a fence She says they look for the light, they try to make sense They come up through the cracks like grass on the tracks She touches him goodbye”
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“By day give thanks By night beware Half the world in sweetness The other in fear”
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“When the darkness takes you With her hand across your face Don't give in too quickly Find the thing she's erased”
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“Solitude stands by the window she turns her head as I walk in the room I can see by her eyes she's been waiting Standing in the slant of the late afternoon”
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“And she turns to me with her hand extended Her palm is split with a flower, with a flame ...And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight", And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart”
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“If language were liquid It would be rushing in Instead here we are In a silence more eloquent Than any word could ever beThese words are too solid They don't move fast enough To catch the blur in the brain That flies by and is gone.”
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“I'd like to meet you In a timeless, placeless place Somewhere out of context And beyond all consequences...And we'll sit in the silence (That flies by and is gone)That comes rushing inAnd is gone”
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“You come from far away With pictures in your eyes Of coffeeshops and morning streets In the blue and silent sunrise But night is the cathedral Where we recognized the sign We strangers know each other now As part of the whole design”
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“You're the jester of this courtyard With a smile like a girl's Distracted by the women With the dimples and the curls By the pretty and the mischievous By the timid and the blessed By the blowing skirts of ladies Who promise to gather you to their breast”
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“Oh Mom, the old man is telling me something His eyes are wide and his mouth is thin And I just can't hear what he's saying Oh Mom, I wonder when I'll be waking It's just that there's so much to do And I'm tired of sleeping”
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“Those whole girls... Breathe with ease Need no mercy Move in light Run in grace”
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“Travel, arrival Years of an inch and a step toward a source I'm coming to you I'll be there in time”
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