Lyric discussion by MisterFrog 

Cover art for Cirkus lyrics by King Crimson

Lucifer is "arrayed like diamonds in the sky" and given power over time to warp it and change the times and to eventually effect the dividing of time. He is given a "sunrise" for he is a morning star whose name means morningstar. He is given a horse for he is the first horseman. He is given a graveyard for he shall surely die. He is set to face the east because from west to east he proceeds. He travels closed in questions, cloaked in words because he understands dark sentences. He IS the ringmaster (see: the works of "Insane Clown Posse", and Robert Anton Wilson's "Wilhelm Reich In Hell") He is the Crimson King. This is his Cirkus!

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