Lyrics to
Queen Of Spades

This version of Queen Of Spades was released by Styx in 1978.

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Day into night she’s with me
How sweet is her warm embrace
Safe in the scent of jasmine
So safe in her gold and lace

Mornings I find, she’s left me
So cold so alone, but aware
I try to escape, she finds me
Oh run though I may, she’s there, there, there, there, there…

Luck is a lady whose smile is as cold as a stone
She’ll bring you things, many things you might never have known
But when your die is cast she’ll have the final laugh at you
She’ll lock you in a duel, where you come out the fool

Beware of the Queen of Spades
Her black widow’s curse might find you yet
Beware of a love that you will regret
Her love means only your death

Day into night she’s with me
Turn of a card, she’s there
The first time is free, you know
But from now on, pay me, me, me, me, me…

Beware of the Queen of Spades
Her black widow’s curse might find you yet
Beware of a love that you will regret
Her love means only your death

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About Lyrics and Queen Of Spades by Styx

When you decide to study the lyrics to Queen Of Spades, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Styx. Some of the lyrics to Queen Of Spades have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Styx and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Queen Of Spades if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Queen Of Spades" means the words set to the music of Queen Of Spades, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Queen Of Spades and the lyrics to Queen Of Spades are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to Queen Of Spades, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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