Shape Of My Heart

Stingの代表曲のひとつで映画LEONの主題歌としても有名です。

僕はこの曲が好きで、男の悲哀を感じさせる歌詞の意味をどうにか理解したいと思っていました。

その参考になりそうな記事を見つけたので以下に。

• Sting (from a 1993 promotional interview): "I wanted to write about a card player, a gambler who gambles not to win but to try and figure out something; to figure out some kind of mystical logic in luck, or chance; some kind of scientific, almost religious law. So this guy's a philosopher, he's not playing for respect and he's not playing for money, he's just trying to figure out the law - there has to be some logic to it. He's a poker player so it's not easy for him to express his emotions, in fact he doesn't express anything, he has a mask, and it's just one mask and it never changes." (thanks, Monica - London, England)

Sting's songs can be compared to each other to gain a good understanding of what he's attempting to convey with his lyrics. He may be singing about an aspect of himself, or it may just be a recurring character in different stories. This song is similar, at least in theme, to Fortress Around Your Heart. Fortress is a story about someone who has protected their heart for so long, and built such high walls to guard it that they have essentially created their own prison. Shape of my Heart is the introspective version.

Shape Of My Heart by Sting Songfacts

それにしても、あんなにかっこいい大人の男に見えるStingでもうまくいかないこともあるんですね。

結婚って大変なんだなあ。