sting ve dominic miller tarafından 1993 yılında yazılmış ve ilk defa sting'in 1993 tarihli "ten summoner's tales" albümünde yer almış, yıllar sonra 1998'de yeniden yayınlanmış, bir çok defa melodisi kullanıldığı gibi farklı yorumları da yapılmış unutulmaz şarkılardan biri.
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
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
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
He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades
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
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
if i told her 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
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
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
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
sugababe'e ait "shape " gibi nakaratının kullanıldığı şarkılar yapılmıştır.
bunun yanında,
sting'in craig david ile birlikte yaptığı çalışmayla ortaya çıkan "rise & fall "
ve
kanada'lı bir rock grubu olan theory of a deadman'ın 2017 yılında yayımladığı yoruma da göz atılabilir.
not: yanlış yazılan albüm adı ve yılı düzeltilmştir.