« Well someone told me yesterday
That when you throw your love away
You act as if you just don’t care
You look as if you’re going somewhere… »
The Police – So lonely – 1978 [album Outlandos d’Amour]
Étiquette : Sting
Mélodie méditative
« 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… »
Sting – Shape of my heart – 1993 [Ten Summoner’s Tales]
Fatale balade
« If the night turned cold and the stars looked down
And you hug yourself on the cold cold ground
You wake the morning in a stranger’s coat
No one would you see… »
Sting et Éric Clapton – It’s probably me – 1992
Balade anglaise
« 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… »
Sting – Shape of my heart – 1993 [Ten Summoner’s Tales]
Clin d’oeil à « Léon » de Luc Besson de la même année :
Vive la police !
« Though I’ve tried before to tell her
Of the feelings I have for her in my heart
Every time that I come near her
I just lose my nerve
As I’ve done from the start… »
The Police – Every little thing she does is magic – 1981
Décadence de Cordicopolis 