King Crimson - Epitaph 1969
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams.
Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules.
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow Ill be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow Ill be crying.
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Epitaph by King Crimson
Album: In the Court of The Crimson King Released: 1969
This song title as well as the lyrics refer to the message that is displayed on a gravestone.
Pete Sinfield sometimes wrote visionary lyrics that at the end of the '60s were common in bands like King Crimson who were doing Progressive Rock. LSD was trendy and many songwriters went through it, some more than others. Sinfield is apocalyptical in his writings, just like many other artists who were also seeing gurus (very trendy by then too). People had a deep curiosity and the mind had just been discovered and marketed: "The only way out is inside" said Timothy Leary. Vietnam was still on, there was an inner war in society, a big generation gap. Fear was in the air sometimes too. So take mind-expanding drugs, the growing power of the media, revolved and curious minds, gurus talking about how bad our society was doing, etc. and it reflects on many lyricist works, Sinfield as well. Bob Dylan was also very cryptic.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11441
This song title as well as the lyrics refer to the message that is displayed on a gravestone.
Pete Sinfield sometimes wrote visionary lyrics that at the end of the '60s were common in bands like King Crimson who were doing Progressive Rock. LSD was trendy and many songwriters went through it, some more than others. Sinfield is apocalyptical in his writings, just like many other artists who were also seeing gurus (very trendy by then too). People had a deep curiosity and the mind had just been discovered and marketed: "The only way out is inside" said Timothy Leary. Vietnam was still on, there was an inner war in society, a big generation gap. Fear was in the air sometimes too. So take mind-expanding drugs, the growing power of the media, revolved and curious minds, gurus talking about how bad our society was doing, etc. and it reflects on many lyricist works, Sinfield as well. Bob Dylan was also very cryptic.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11441
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