Lyric discussion by JT1968 

Cover art for Lament lyrics by King Crimson

Great sad song about the regrets of a washed up rock star. All of it is tinged with that subtle melancholy feeling of having had talent but having blown it somehow. These lyrics are there in the middle of the long, jamming instrumental codas of the Starless and Bible Black album, and the second half of the song is a little hard to hear in the way it's delivered, but the prog poetic sensibility is first class.