Lyrics King of Pain (Live,1991) - Sting

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

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I always hoped that you could 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 hat caught in a high tree top (that's my soul up there)
There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop, oh (that's my soul up there)

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'd always hoped that you could end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

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 springtime's ebb (that's my soul up there)
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web (that's my soul up there)

Oh, I've stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'd always hoped that you could end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

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
King of pain

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack
There's a black-winged gull with a broken back
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday...

I've stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'd always hoped that you could end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)
I'll always be (king of pain)

I'll always, always, always, always, always be king of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)

King of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)
King of pain (that's my soul up there)

I'll always be, king of pain (that's my soul up there)
I'll always be, king of pain (that's my soul up there)
I'll always be, king of pain (that's my soul up there)
I'll always be, king of pain, yeah-eah