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    Default Quick q: what does Crimson King mean?

    Hey,

    Is Crimson King an euphemism for the devil in the rock lingo?
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    It must. And all their followers along with the followers of Kiss will be burning in agony for all eternity.

    From Wiki:
    The first incarnation of the band was said to have been "conceived" on 30 November 1968 and first rehearsed on 13 January 1969.[2][5] The name King Crimson was coined by lyricist Peter Sinfield as a synonym for Beelzebub, prince of demons. According to Fripp, Beelzebub would be an anglicised form of the Arabic phrase "B'il Sabab", meaning "the man with an aim" – although it literally means "with a cause".[11]

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_King

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    Quote Originally Posted by just strum
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_King

    One minute late, yet three hours ahead.
    Yeah that I found as well, but I had missed the quote on the beelzebub thing.

    OK, good then. I wrote these lyrics at band practice and started wondering whether I was wrong about the meaning:

    I whisper in your ear
    softly lure you in my dear
    And you see it's all so nice down here

    I can love you better than him
    I can love you better than him
    I can love you better than him
    I can love you better
    I'm the crimson king

    ...and so on, it's still unfinished---
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    Maybe this will help............
    The original "Court of the Crimson King"

    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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    Here's the finished lyric...I wonder what people might make of it?
    They're intended to be very much horror genre at any rate. Do you interpret the narrator voice as actually 'demonic' (whereas him could be interpreted as whatever god the antagonist currently has) or maybe rather a twisted, delusional killer trying to lure someone for a victim, or what? I guess it don't matter though...as long as they are somewhat scary and mysterious.

    Crimson King

    I whisper in your ear
    softly lure you in my dear
    And you’ll see it's oh so nice down here

    Won’t you step inside my love
    Let me show you I’m the one
    Let it go and take my hand right now

    I can love you better than him
    I can love you better than him
    I can love you better than him
    I can love you better
    I'm the crimson king

    Won’t you see what you can find
    In my court you’ll feel alive
    I will give you what your heart desires

    And when all the work is done
    Then forever we’ll be one
    Sleep beneath the tower and the stone

    I can love you better than him…
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    I was in High School back then and we used to get stoned to the gills and listen to that song back then,that melatron was so errie!Those lyrics make me shudder a little now.Sumi
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