Another great King Crimson song! I agree with deathsdoor99 - it does sound like a hybrid of those two songs. This song carries with it the same Old English usage and Middle Ages setting as "The Court of the Crimson King."
I believe this song is about figures of authority's monopoly on truth, and how they may become convinced of worldly experience they don't actually have (one women cries at a theater, another during a bad dream). The obvious sarcasm of these lyrics imply that this imagined empathy is no substitute for allowing the oppressed to speak out.
Another great King Crimson song! I agree with deathsdoor99 - it does sound like a hybrid of those two songs. This song carries with it the same Old English usage and Middle Ages setting as "The Court of the Crimson King." I believe this song is about figures of authority's monopoly on truth, and how they may become convinced of worldly experience they don't actually have (one women cries at a theater, another during a bad dream). The obvious sarcasm of these lyrics imply that this imagined empathy is no substitute for allowing the oppressed to speak out.
Agreed.
Agreed.