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“Shape of My Heart” is the 9th track (10th on international copies) on Ten Summoner’s Tales. It was co-written by Dominic Miller, Sting’s guitarist, which makes it one of the few songs not written by Sting himself in his solo career.
Sting would later revisit the song with pop singer Craig David.
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[Verse 1]
He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
[Verse 2]
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
[Chorus]
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
[Verse 3]
He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While a memory of it fades
[Chorus]
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
[Bridge]
That's not the shape, shape of my heart
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 4]
And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
[Verse 5]
But those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
[Chorus]
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
[Outro]
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart
Shape of My Heart was written by Dominic Miller & Sting.
Shape of My Heart was produced by Hugh Padgham & Sting.
Sting released Shape of My Heart on Tue Mar 09 1993.
Sting’s “Shape Of My Heart” was featured in the end credits of the English-language French film Leon: The Professional by Luc Besson starring Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman.
In a 2021 interview, Sting and Dominic Miller explained how the song came to be:
[Sting] We wrote a song together, how many years, 30 years ago — “Shape of My Heart”. Dom came in with this fantastic riff — beautiful cadence, sort of Bach-like descending baseline. So we spent the morning structuring...
After filing a lawsuit, Sting, was awarded 85% of the revenue from Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams”, which interpolated the 67 year old rock star’s 1993 hit Shape of my Heart
Despite his initial frustration, Juice WRLD seems to have made peace with the situation.
Following a series of angry since-delet...
Yes! On November 18, 2016, Sting interpreted the song in live at Le Grand Studio RTL.