01-25-2016, 08:01 PM
I've enjoyed this song for many years; it's one of the few songs that never really get old to me. I know it's a cover of a Police song, but I really enjoy the Alanis Morissette version.
I never bothered to look up the lyrics because I could easily understand most of them just by listening. I wanted to hear what the backup singers were saying so I looked up to lyrics finally. I was very moved emotionally because I find it to be beautiful poetry. The whole song is great, but I bolded the part I am referring to:
I never bothered to look up the lyrics because I could easily understand most of them just by listening. I wanted to hear what the backup singers were saying so I looked up to lyrics finally. I was very moved emotionally because I find it to be beautiful poetry. The whole song is great, but I bolded the part I am referring to:
Alanis Morissette - King of Pain Wrote:There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
There's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stop
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
{That's my soul up there}
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
{That's my soul up there}
There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb
{That's my soul up there}
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
And there's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread
There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack
There's a black-winged gull with a broken back
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the queen of pain
Queen of pain
I'll always be queen of pain
I'll always be queen of pain