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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21 St Century Schizoid Man 21st Century Schizoid Man 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors) 21st Century Schizoid Man [*][Instrumental] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Bbc Session] [*] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit][Instrumental] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit][Live][Instrumenta... 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live 1969] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live 1972] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live 1974] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live at Hyde Park, Lond... 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live in 69] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live in 72] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live in 74] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live] 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live][Instrumental][Ver... 21st Century Schizoid Man [Original Version] 21st Century Schizoid Man, Including 'mirrors' 21st Century Schizoid Man/Mirrors Asbury Park Asbury Park [Live] BOOK OF SATURDAY Book of Saturday (Daily Games) Book of Saturday [Daily Games] Book of Saturday [Live] CADENCE AND CASCADE Cadence and Cascade [5.1 Digital Surround] Cadence and Cascade [Live] Cadence and Cascade [Remix] Cage CAT FOOD Cat Food [5.1 Digital Surround] Cat Food [Edit] Cat Food [Single Version] Cat Food [Single Version][Edit][*] CIRKUS Cirkus (Including Entry Of The Chameleons) Cirkus [Stereo] Clouds Coda: I Have a Dream Coda: Marine 475 Coda: Marine 475 [#] Coda: Marine 475 [Abridged] ConstruKction Of Light Court of the Crimson King Court of the Crimson King (Fragment) Court of the Crimson King (Fragment) Court of the Crimson King (Including Return of the... DIG ME DINOSAUR Dinosaur [#] Dinosaur [Edit] Discipline Discipline Discipline [Live] Doctor Diamond Drop In Earthbound EASY MONEY Easy Money [Live] ELEPHANT TALK Elephant Talk [#] Elephant Talk [Live] Elephant Talk [Video] [Multimedia Track] EPITAPH Epitaph (Including March For No Reason / Tomorrow ... Epitaph [Alternate Version] [Alternate Take][Versi... Epitaph [Alternate Version] [Alternate Take][Versi... Epitaph [Backing Track] Epitaph [Live] Epitaph Including March For No Reason & Tomorrow &... Epitaph/March for No Reason/Tomorrow and Tomorrow EXILES Exiles [Abridged] Exiles [Abridged][Live] Exiles [Live] Eyes Wide Open Facts of Life FALLEN ANGEL Fects of Life FORMENTERA LADY Formentera Lady [Abridged] Formentera Lady [Take 2] [*][Take] Formentera Lady [Take 2] [Take] Fracture Fracture [Abridged] Fracture [Live] Frakctured FRAME BY FRAME Frame by Frame [Video] [Multimedia Track] Great Deceiver Groon Groon [Live] Groon [Single B Side][*] HAPPY FAMILY Happy Family [Stereo] Happy With What you Have to Be Happy With HEARTBEAT Heartbeat [Live] I Ran I TALK TO THE WIND I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Mix] [Alternate Take... I Talk To The Wind [Duo Version] [Alternate Take][... I Talk to the Wind [Duo Version] [Version] In The Court Of The Crimson King Including The Ret... IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON In the Wake of Poseidon [5.1 Digital Surround] In the Wake of Poseidon [Edit][Instrumental] INDISCIPLINE Indiscipline [*] Indiscipline [#] Indiscipline [Video] [Multimedia Track] INDOOR GAMES Industry INNER GARDEN Inner Garden I Inner Garden II Inner Garden, Pt. 1 Into the Frying Pan ISLANDS Islands [Edit][Instrumental] Islands [Fragment] Islands [Studio Run Through] [*] LADIES OF THE ROAD Ladies of the Road [#] LADY OF THE DANCING WATER LAMENT Lament [Live] Level Five Light ConstruKction LIZARD Lizard [5.1 Surround] Lizard [Stereo] Lizard 1. Prince Rupert Awakes Lizard 3. The Battle Of The Glass Tears MAN WITH AN OPEN HEART MARINE 475 Marine 475 (Vroom Coda) MATTE KUDASAI Meltdown MODEL MAN Modelk Man MOONCHILD Moonchild (Including The Dream And The Illusion) Moonchild [Take 1] [Take] Moonchild Including The Dream And The Illusion Moonchild/The Dream/The Illusion NEAL AND JACK AND ME NEUROTICA Neurotica [#] Night Watch No Warning Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) Nuyages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) ONE MORE RED NIGHTMARE ONE TIME One Time [Live][#] One Time [Rehearsal 28th April] PEACE - A BEGINNING Peace - A Theme PEACE - AN END Peace-A Beginning Peace-A Beginning [5.1 Digital Surround] PEOPLE PICTURES OF A CITY Pictures of a City [Live] Pictures of a City/42nd at Treadmill Potato Pie Potato Pie [*] Prelude: Song of the Gulls Prince Rupert Awakes Providence Providence [Live] ProzaKc Blues Radio II Radio, Pt. 1 Radio, Pt. 2 Red Red [#] Red [Live] Requiem Sartori in Tangier Sartori in Tangier [Live] SEX SLEEP EAT DRINK DREAM Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream Sheltering Sky SLEEPLESS Sleepless [Abridged] Sleepless [Bob Clearmountain Mix] Sleepless [Bob Clearmountain Mix][*] Sleepless [Dance Mix - F. Kevorkian] Sleepless [Dance Mix-F. Kevorkian][*] Sleepless [Live] Sleepless [Tony Levin Mix] Sleepless [Tony Levin Mix][*] Song of the Gulls STARLESS Starless [*] Starless [Abridged] Starless [Live] Starless [Mono Version][Multimedia Track] STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK Starless and Bible Black [Live] Talking Drum The ConstruKction Of Light THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING The Court of the Crimson King (Fragment) The Court of the Crimson King (Fragment) The Court Of The Crimson King (Including The Retur... The Court Of The Crimson King (Part 2) [Mono Singl... The Court of the Crimson King [Abridged] The Court of the Crimson King [Edited Mono Single ... The Court of the Crimson King [Live] The Court of the Crimson King [Live][#][*] The Court of the Crimson King Including the Return... The Court of the Crimson King/The Return of the Fi... THE GREAT DECEIVER THE HOWLER THE LETTERS The Letters [Live] The Letters [Take] The Mincer THE NIGHT WATCH The Power to Believe I The Power To Believe I: A Capella The Power to Believe II (Power Circle) The Power to Believe III The Power to Believe IV The Power to Believe IV: Coda The Power to Believe, Pt. 2 The Power to Believe, Pt. 3 The Power to Believe, Pt. 4: Coda [Live] The Sheltering Sky [DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Mix] The Sheltering Sky [Live] The Sheltering Sky [MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround Mix] The Sheltering Sky [MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) Mi... The Sheltering Sky [Rough Mix/PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/4... The Talking Drum The World's my Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museu... THELA HUN GINJEET Thrak Thrak Thrak Thrak [#] THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR Trio TWO HANDS Vrooom Vrooom Vrooom Vrooom Vrooom [#] Vrooom Vrooom: Coda WAITING MAN Waiting Man [Live] WALKING ON AIR
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