The Great Deceiver Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Imapolicecar 

Cover art for The Great Deceiver lyrics by King Crimson

Hmmm! Not too sure if that's fagot or faggot. Everyone should realise that King Crimson are British and both fagot and faggot have no connection to the derogatory US/Canadian usage.

Fagot can be a bundle of sticks (so health food fagot could be an unpleasant allusion to a bundle of dried grass). Faggot is also a type of meatball from pork shoulder and liver. That would make the description effectively a "health food meatball". Of course, it could refer to both (Fripp is a smart cookie and well educated as well).

If you called someone a "faggot" in the UK, they might get mad at you if you were from North america, but most likely they they'd be puzzled why you referred to them as a meatball.