The Letters (Live in Chicago 28 June 2017)

by King Crimson

From the album: Live in Chicago

Track 14 of 21 on Live in Chicago (2017).

Duration: 6:44

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Lyrics for The Letters (Live in Chicago 28 June 2017)

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 Steady hand 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"

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