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“21st Century Schizoid Man” is a song by the progressive rock band King Crimson from their 1969 debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.

The lyrics to “21st century Schizoid man” were created by Peter Sinfield and are largely made up of disconnected phrases that evoke a series of feelings. In every verse, the images are presented in the same sequence.

The song criticizes the Vietnam War with the lines “Politicians’ funeral pyre/Innocence raped by napalm fire.” The phrase “cat’s foot, iron claw” is an allusion to the French fable The Monkey and the Cat; while “death seed” in The final stanza alludes to the “harvest of bad things” that Agent Orange caused, which is referred to as the “Sinfield effect.” The second line is a single image that’s often more specific than the first two, and the third line approaches an actual sentence. The fourth and last lines of each stanza are the song’s

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This song is a commentary on the Vietnam War and a criticism of the politicians who were running it.

Schizoid personality disorder is a personality disorder that renders the subject somewhat detached, apathetic, and a recluse in a fantasy world rather than tied to real connections.

The song acts as a kind of warning, predicting that men of the 21st century will all grow schizoid because of how conflicts like the Vietnam war destroy the innocence of entire generations.

The song was famously sampled in Kanye West’s “Power”.