Who is Luka?
The song Luka is written from the point-of-view of an abused child and tells his story in a subtle and psychologically realistic way, only hinting at the horrible secret of his life. Some people have also read it to be a song about an abused woman, and although this was not what Suzanne though of when she wrote the song, it is certainly also a valid interpretation. The name “Luka” is indeed taken from a real person with that name, whose outer character Suzanne borrowed. There is, however, no reason to believe that Luka was an abused child in real life. This is what Suzanne said in a Swedish television special recorded 3 November 1987: “A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in from of my building, and there was one of them, whose name was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other children. I always remembered his name, and I always remembered his face, and I didn’t know much about him, but he just seemed set apart from these other children that I w
