[Intro]
           
           

[Verse]
            
There's a litt

            
le black spot 

            
on the sun tod

             
ay
          
It's the same 

           
old thing as y

               
esterday
            
There's a blac

            
k hat caught i

            
n the high tre

               
e top
          
There's a flag

            
pole rag and t

          
he wind won't 

             
stop

[Chorus]
             
I have stood h

           
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

           
 turning circl

            
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

           
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

           
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain

.

[Verse]
          
There's a litt


le black spot 

on the sun tod

ay
 
(that's my sou

l up there)
         
It's the same 

/
old thing as y

esterday
      
(that's my sou

     
l up there)

          
There's a blac


k hat caught i

n a high tree 

top
 
(that's my sou

l up there)
          
There's a flag


pole rag and t

he wind won't 

stop
      
(that's my sou

     
l up there)

[Chorus]
             
I have stood h

           
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

           
 turning circl

            
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

           
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

           
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain

.

[Verse]
          
There's a foss


il that's trap

ped in a high 

cliff wall
       
(that's my sou

     
l up there)
          
There's a dead


 salmon frozen

 in a water fa

ll
      
(that's my sou

     
l up there)

          
There's a blue


 whale beached

 by a springti

de's ebb
 
(that's my sou

l up there)
          
There's a butt


erfly trapped 

in a spider's 

web
      
(that's my sou

     
l up there)

[Chorus]
             
I have stood h

           
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

           
 turning circl

            
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

           
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

           
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain

.

[Bridge]
           
  There's a ki

            
ng on a throne

           
 with his eyes

 
 torn out
           
  There's a bl

            
ind man lookin

           
g for a shadow

 
 of doubt
           
  There's a ri

            
ch man sleepin

          
g on a gol - d

/
en bed
           
  There's a sk

            
eleton choking

         
 on a crust of


 bread.

[Solo]
    
    
    
   

    
    
    
    

[Verse]
          
There's a red 


fox torn by a 

huntsmen's pac

k
       
(that's my sou

     
l up there)
          
There's a blac


k winged gull 

with a broken 

back
      
(that's my sou

     
l up there)

          
There's a litt


le black spot 

on the sun tod

ay
          
It's the same 

              
old thing as y

             
esterday

[Chorus]
             
I have stood h

           
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

           
 turning circl

            
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

           
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

           
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain

.

[Outro]
        
              

    
         King 

of pain
        
              

    
         King 

of pain
        
       I'll al

    
ways  be king 

of pain
        
       I'll al

    
ways  be king 

of pain