The Police – King of Pain

Album

„Synchronicity“ – Track 8

Jahr

1983

Songtext

There’s a little black spot on the sun today
It’s the same old thing as yesterday
There’s a black cat caught in a high tree top
There’s a flag-pole rag and the wind won’t stop

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running around my brain
I guess I’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
But it’s my destiny to be the king of pain

There’s a little black spot on the sun today [That’s my soul up there]
It’s the same old thing as yesterday [That’s my soul up there]
There’s a black cat caught in a high tree top [That’s my soul up there]
There’s a flag-pole rag and the wind won’t stop [That’s my soul up there]

There’s a fossil that’s trapped in a high cliff wall [That’s my soul up there]
There’s a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall [That’s my soul up there]
There’s a blue whale beached by a spring tide’s ebb [That’s my soul up there]
There’s a butterfly trapped in a spider’s web [That’s my soul up there]

There’s a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
There’s a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
There’s a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
There’s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

King of pain

There’s a red fox torn by a huntsman’s pack [It’s my soul up there]
There’s a black-winged gull with a broken back [It’s my soul up there]
There’s a little black spot on the sun today
It’s the same old thing as yesterday

King of pain
I’ll always be king of pain…