The Letters
by King Crimson
From the album: Islands
Track 3 of 8 on Islands (1971).
Duration: 04:28
Lyrics for The Letters
With quill and silver knife She carved a poison pen Wrote to her lover's wife "Your husband's seed has fed my flesh" As if a leper's face That tainted letter graced The wife with choke-stone throat Ran to the day with tear-blind eyes Impaled on nails of ice And raked with emerald fire The wife with soul of snow With steady hands, begins to write "I'm still, I need no life To serve on boys and men What's mine was yours is dead I take my leave of mortal flesh"