Cadence and Cascade Lyrics

Lyric discussion by charles108 

Cover art for Cadence and Cascade lyrics by King Crimson

This is about Sinfield on tour with King Crimson. The band plays and Pete, being the non-performaing member of the troupe, has the opportunity for a visit with a couple of Ladies of the Road. They find him just a man. Really - that's what it's about.

Song Meaning

FINALLY MAN! Great Job. Sinfield being a poet and a writer (paper courtesan). Nobody could tell what cadence&cascade is now I'm definitely sure it has something to do with poetry.

Oh, I am dead sure it's about what I said. I used to be a poetaster and a musician too, and of course a Crimson fan of old. He uses "they knew him" in the biblical sense. "Caravan hotel" - the road life - bands travel in caravans, and the hotels take on a glam party theme ("Sequin spell") when the caravan pulls in. "Kissed his name" - groupies certainly do it for the fame association, the bigger the star, the better notch in the gun.

He has a song on "Islands"...