VANdalism

I get to know this song when I was still in Baguio.  I played it once when my officemate told me to listen to it then I can’t remember now how many times I played the song over and over .  I just sooo love the song. Very easy guitar chords, nice melody and nice message too.

About the song Luka:

A few years ago, Suzanne Vega used to see this group of children playing in front of her building, and there was one of them, whose name was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other children. She always remembered his name, and she always remembered his face, and she didn’t know much about him, but he just seemed set apart from these other children that she would see playing. His character is what she based the song Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child — in real life Suzanne don’t think he was. She thinks he was just different.

Lyrics:

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you’ve seen me before

If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
Just don’t ask me what it was
Just don’t ask me what it was
Just don’t ask me what it was

I think it’s because I’m clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it’s because I’m crazy
I try not to act too proud

They only hit until you cry
After that you don’t ask why
You just don’t argue anymore
You just don’t argue anymore
You just don’t argue anymore

Yes I think I’m okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that’s what I’ll say
And it’s not your business anyway
I guess I’d like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don’t ask me how I am [X3]

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you’ve seen me before

If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Just don’t ask me what it was
Just don’t ask me what it was
Just don’t ask me what it was

And they only hit until you cry
After that, you don’t ask why
You just don’t argue anymore
You just don’t argue anymore
You just don’t argue anymore

Fact:

Luka means “wound” or “bruise” in Malay

So I think the boy that Suzanne used to see is really an abused child…