King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King

Lyrics:

The dance of the puppets
The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournament's begun.
The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing;
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the court of the crimson king.

The keeper of the city keys
Put shutters on the dreams.
I wait outside the pilgrim's door
With insufficient schemes.
The black queen chants
The funeral march,
The cracked brass bells will ring;
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the crimson king.

The gardener plants an evergreen
Whilst trampling on a flower.
I chase the wind of a prism ship
To taste the sweet and sour.
The pattern juggler lifts his hand;
The orchestra begin.
As slowly turns the grinding wheel
In the court of the crimson king.

On soft gray mornings widows cry
The wise men share a joke;
I run to grasp divining signs
To satisfy the hoax.
The yellow jester does not play
But gentle pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the crimson king.

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[bigdanbear]

Who cares about Gay. Fuck off if you have no good taste. This song rocks. This gay man will smack u so hard if I was there. Maybe then you would like it. Knock some sense into you. Then I will take your girlfriend and treat her right. Show her how a real man acts. Intro her to my straight friends who LOVE this song. I am positive the have more of everything than you do. Hater boy. By the way. It was PERFECT in "Children of Men." Loved that movie and the awesome soundtrack. Check it out.

[psfirthoffith]

Absolutely mindblowing stuff. Robert Fripp and Greg Lake's vocals....priceless. This truly opened the doors for Progressive Rock. Groups like Gentle Giant,Yes, Soft Machine,Focus,early Genesis,Gong,Atomic Rooster,early Pink Floyd, and countless others. This song ,along with Close to the Edge,Supper's Ready,Echoes,Firth of Fifth, The Gates of Delerium,Larks in Toungue's aspic,and Atom heart Mother are true masterpieces.Never will their be music like this again in my opinion. Prog Rules.

[deutschlandftw]

gooood song!

[9ish]

amazing

[Izak80]

Its just pure magic.

[smilesmilesmilehead]

@potfly666 The pain.

[MLFromGeorgia]

I was nine years old, for Pete's sake, and first time I heard this, I was HOOKED! I became a fan of Greg Lake during his days with EL&P, and have been a fan ever since.

And anyone who is familiar with Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series of books (seven volumes, the first volume released in the mid 1980s and the last released in 2004), this song was King's inspiration for the antagonist of that series of books. The "Crimson King" was last seen trapped on a balcony of the Dark Tower.

[HitTheBuffers]

Not sure which gay ('offensive') man we're talking about here. but early 70's, Messrs Fripp & Lake et al were/are a damn sight better than much of the modern merde. Now we're in it, 21st Schizoid Man anyone?

[potfly666]

Had to come o youtube because My 8th grade brother scratched all my vinyls.

[Sanji0339]

@lkkjhg45 actually, if you think your cool with your spliff, this was a REAL stoner group

[GomerMoonglum]

nice jewel of a forgotten band,found ,brushed off ,cleaned an sparkles again.

[unclesmedley]

@bigdanbear dude... deep breath... it's the internet...