Regina Spektor - The Virgin Queen (11-15-2004)

Regina Spektor singing "The Virgin Queen" at the Bush Hall in London, England.

The recording quality is very bad, but this is the only known recording of this song to date. Still, you can definitely make out the lyrics, as also supplied below in the most accurate form I think is out there...

An interesting thing to note about this song is that around 3:10 where it sounds like Regina is singing gibberish, when played in reverse the first two lines at 3:10 clearly sound like she's singing the phrase "family come home".

Whether or not that was intentional is of course unknown, but it's neat nonetheless.

--

Men who shoot their
Horses are the
Same men who would
Like to kiss your hand
(They're waiting in the ballrooms and the bedrooms and the bathroom)
Men who shoot their
Horses are the
Same men who will
Go and shoot a friend
(Save him from chemo, my husband from chemo)

The virgin queen
The virgin queen
The virgin queen

Headless mother
Heartless father
Ghosts of yes men past and future
In the bedroom you must suture
Up that hole
Where the babies come from
England, oh, England
Never forsake me
Won't you take me to have and to hold?
I may be a cruel, crude woman
But in the distance I hear Shakespeare mumblin'

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against the sea of troubles, troubles, troubles

England, England, never forsake me
Won't you take me to have and to hold?
I can hear the voices risin'

The virgin queen
The virgin queen
The virgin queen
The virgin queen

In the end
You'll try to rule
As best as you can
But the crown gets cold
And mind gets old
And all the gold
Could invite my souls
To a place to come home to

In the end, there's just a bed
And the things we made had begun to fade
On the distant shores new voices are risin'

emoh emoc he leh contende
emoh hey umo emoh emoh ey uh
emoh hey bay hey ahleh he leh he leh he
umo una hey una una hey hey uh
uma hey bay hey no ahleh hey
uma una hey una uma hey hey
uma hey bay heyleh heyleh eh hey
uma una hey eh uma una hey eh


The virgin queen
The virgin queen
The virgin queen
The virgin queen

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[monkeythito]

is there a better quality than this? first time I've heard it...god...

[slicknick1986]

Unfortunately no, this is the only known recording (and performance) of this song.

[cerulean25]

can u name any songs that shes bringing back? because i havent been to any of her concerts yet, so i dont know what shes playing and what she isnt, but it would be very interesting to know what she is :)

[slicknick1986]

I just got back from her show at Soundfix in Brooklyn, and she played Time Is All Around, The Wallet, Genious Next Door, and two songs from Begin to Hope (Summer in the City and Hotel Song). She is so amazing in person! They also had a signing and I got an autograph and a picture. :D I was totally floored.

In between she also mentioned that she was working on a bunch of brand new songs, which is amazing considering how much she already has.

[cerulean25]

did she happen to play or mention anything else about her new songs or even mention when the next album is coming out?? :)

[slicknick1986]

She just said she was busy doing "a lot of new stuff" :) and no she did not play anything new.

[thevillagejoke]

i think this might be my favorite song of hers.

i love it when she does the "emoh hey umo emoh emoh ey uh..." thing.

i nearly start crying even though i have no freakin idea if it even means anything.

haha

regina brought me to tears, guys! :D

[Fringy14]

*dies*

*comes back as ghost just to listen to more Regina*

*enjoys*

[Lilyfloss]

@sponend just search "regina spektor virgin queen reverse

[sponend]

@Lilyfloss link:)?

[Lilyfloss]

@sponend someone did a video :)

[rad941205]

to be played loud x

[sponend]

how can I listen to it reversed? that's so interesting!

[alicepotter777]

BEST SONG EVER:):):)

[alicepotter777]

@23Allie23 good theory:):):)

[alicepotter777]

@slicknick1986 really because i went on a web site and it had all the songs ive listened to. m a total of i think 165:):):)

[alicepotter777]

@julscasablancas respekt is the most powerful angel in the universe and all of existance. ive listened to all of her songs, there are about 300 of them:):):)

[Lilyfloss]

sorry I keep commenting to this but.. I searched the meaning of the name Regina and this is what came: "Regina \r(e)-gi-na\ as a girl's name is pronounced re-JEEN-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Regina is "queen". Appeared at the end of the Victorian era, possibly because Her Majesty was often known as Victoria Regina. May also be used as reference to the Virgin Mary, Regina Coelis, "Queen of the Heavens". Nightclub founder Régine; track celebrity Regina Jacobs."

QUEEN.VIRGIN.REGI