King Of Pain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by herbivore 

Cover art for King Of Pain lyrics by Sting

It must have chopped off my comment on this part:

"There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web"

All of the things listed are trapped in conditions from which they can't escape, much like Sting is trapped in the condition of pain.