The Letters
King Crimson * Track #2 On Ladies of the Road (Live 1971-72)
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The Letters by King Crimson
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Peter Sinfield & Robert FrippAbout
This is the third track off of King Crimson’s fourth studio album, Islands.
The basis for the song is derived from the Giles, Giles and Fripp song “Why Don’t You Just Drop In”, which can be found of The Brondesbury Tapes compilation. The bridge section is also taken from the King Crimson version of...
The Letters Lyrics
[Verse 1]
With quill and silver knife
She carved a poison pen
Wrote to her lover's wife:
"Your husband's seed has fed my flesh."
[Verse 2]
As if a leper's face
That tainted letter graced
The wife with choke-stone throat
Ran to the day with tear-blind eyes
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
Impaled on nails of ice
And raked o'er emerald fire
The wife with soul of snow
With steady hands begins to write:
[Verse 4]
"I'm still, I need no life
To serve on boys and men
What's mine was yours is dead
I take my leave of mortal flesh."
The Letters Q&A
Who wrote The Letters's ?
The Letters was written by Peter Sinfield & Robert Fripp.
Who produced The Letters's ?
The Letters was produced by King Crimson.
When did King Crimson release The Letters?
King Crimson released The Letters on Fri Dec 03 1971.