What Are You Listening To?

[Ruby]

I’ve been listening to King Crimson – the first three albums. Gordon Haskell sings on the third, Lizard, and his is the voice on “Cadence and Cascade” from In the Wake of Poseidon while everything else was sung by Greg Lake. A demo version has surfaced with Lake himself singing which is poignant and quite beautiful.





Helluva lyrics on the title track of In the Wake of Poseidon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1JjOpXsJ7A

Plato's spawn cold ivyed eyes
Snare truth in bone and globe
Harlequins coin pointless games
Sneer jokes in parrot's robe
Two women weep, Dame Scarlet Screen
Sheds sudden theatre rain
Whilst dark in dream the Midnight Queen
Knows every human pain
 
In air, fire, earth and water
World on the scales
Air, fire, earth and water
Balance of change
World on the scales
On the scales
 
Bishop's kings spin judgement's blade
Scratch "Faith" on nameless graves
Harvest hags hoard ash and sand
Rack rope and chain for slaves
Who fireside fear fermented words
Then rear to spoil the feast
Whilst in the aisle the mad man smiles
To him it matters least
 
Heroes' hands drain stones for blood
To whet the scaling knife
Magi blind with vision's light
Net death in dread of life
Their children kneel in Jesus till
They learn the price of nails
Whilst all around our Mother Earth
Waits balanced on the scales

And an interesting album cover on Lizard