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
  
   I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
   With the world turning circles running ’round 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 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
   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’m always hoping that you’ll 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
  
   I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
   With the world turning circles running ’round 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 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
   That’s my soul up there
   There’s a black’winged gull with a broken back
   That’s my soul up there
   There’s a little black spot on the sun today
   It’s the same old thing as yesterday
  
   I have stood here before in the pouring rain
   With the world turning circles running ’round my brain
   I guess I always thought you could end this reign
   But it’s my destiny to be the king of pain
   King of pain
   King of pain
   King of pain
   I’ll always be king of pain