Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Category: Sting

The Soul Cages by Sting

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“The Soul Cages” by Sting

“The Soul Cages”, according to Sting, is based on an old British folklore. It’s about dead souls kept in lobster cages under the sea, who can only be saved by anyone who can drink...

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Sting’s “Fragile” Lyrics Meaning

Sting’s “Fragile” is lyrically terse and accordingly relatively-easy to understand. Sting wrote it in the wake of the murder of Ben Linder. Ben Linder (1959-1987) was an upstanding and promising young man who was murdered by Contra rebels in Nicaragua. And...

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“Soul Cake” by Sting

Sting’s “Soul Cake” is based on an English tradition of baking soul cakes which was directly associated with Halloween. Back in those days, instead of trick-or-treating per se children (as well as the poor)...

Desert Rose

Cheb Mami / Sting

“Desert Rose” by Sting (ft. Cheb Mami)

The titular “desert rose” is actually a reference to a woman. And as such, this is basically a love song. The unique angle that runs throughout is apparently the singers (Sting and Cheb Mami) have...

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Meaning of “Shape of My Heart” by Sting

“Shape of My Heart” is a song performed by English singer and songwriter Sting. Contrary to popular belief, this song  isn’t a love song.  In a 1993 interview, Sting said the lyrics of the...

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Meaning of “Englishman in New York” by Sting

Englishman in New York is a song performed by English singer and songwriter Sting. The self explanatory lyrics of the song talk about the life of an Englishman who has moved from his native...

Sting performing live.

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Sting

Sting is a Grammy Award winning British singer-songwriter whose breakthrough came as the lead singer of The Police – a British new wave band, who between 1977 and 1984 released numerous hits such as...