Kilroy's Song

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Bored of the life on the city of gold
He'd left and let nobody know.
Gone were the towers he had known from a child,
Alone with the dream of a life
He travelled the wide open road,
The blinkered arcade,
In search of another to share in his life.
Nowhere.
Everyone looked so strange to him.

Theyve got no horns and theyve got no tail
They dont even know of our existence.
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried

And wept as they led him away to a cage
Beast that can talk, read the sign.
The creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame
And questioned his story again.
But soon they grew bored of their prey
Beast that can talk?
More like a freak or publicity stunt.
Oh
No.

Theyve got no horns and theyve got no tail
They dont even know of our existence.
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried

And broke down the door of the cage and marched on out.
He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out:
There, beyond the bounds of you weak imagination
Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold.
Let me take you there, show you a living story
Let me show you others such as me
Why did I ever leave?

Theyve got no horns and they've got no tail
They dont even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried
And wept.

And so we set out with the beast and his horns
And his crazy description of home.
After many days journey we came to a peak
Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out.
We followed his gaze and we thought that maybe we saw
A spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye thats all,
But the beast was gone and a voice was heard:

Theyve got no horns and theyve got no tail
They dont even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance

Hello friend, welcome home.

AHA!

ahh you got it eh

Thought I recognized that one.

cool
this song is like a story of my life

Great song!

Have you put any music to it yet??

uh...music was put to that in 1976-when Tony Banks and Mike Rutheford (of Genesis) wrote it for the Trick of the Tail album
no I didn't write it...
it just describes me to the T
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AryXkeAoCec
the video for it

I'd never heard it before...pretty cool song.

have a listen
its the first album Phil Collins sang all lead vocals on
and was still rather progressive

I did just listen to it. It was more meaningful with music and vocals to me than just the lyrics. But it was nice to have the lyrics to read along with.

I like that
music with lyrics to read along

I often have trouble understanding lyrics.

would you like me to explain

Well, a bit would be nice because I often have trouble comprehending abstract meanings, but I was really talking about how if I'm listening to a song I often can't understand what the words are that are being sung unless I'm reading along. Too much information at once I guess.

[quote="Kilroy"]Bored of the life on the city of gold
He'd left and let nobody know.
Gone were the towers he had known from a child,
Alone with the dream of a life
He travelled the wide open road,
The blinkered arcade,
In search of another to share in his life.
Nowhere.
Everyone looked so strange to him.

this means I am bored of the life I have, the one people say is so grand
gone are the big things I knew and the wacky dreams I had, I've looked all over for the special someone, but not found anyone.
Everyone is so weird to me...naturally

Theyve got no horns and theyve got no tail
They dont even know of our existence.
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried

NT's are different from me, though barely know I exist, is it so wrong to dream, of what lies in the future

And wept as they led him away to a cage
Beast that can talk, read the sign.
The creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame
And questioned his story again.
But soon they grew bored of their prey
Beast that can talk?
More like a freak or publicity stunt.
Oh
No.

people single me out, put me places I don't want. Treat me like I am stupid. Taunt and goad me. Keep asking me why I don't do things like everyone else. Give up, think I am stupid-laugh at me and make me look like a joke

Theyve got no horns and theyve got no tail
They dont even know of our existence.
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried

as explained before

And broke down the door of the cage and marched on out.
He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out:
There, beyond the bounds of you weak imagination
Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold.
Let me take you there, show you a living story
Let me show you others such as me
Why did I ever leave?

after getting away from the ass hole NT's I started interacting with my own "kind" it seems so wonderous and nice, but I still wish I had an education

Theyve got no horns and they've got no tail
They dont even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried
And wept.

just the chorus

And so we set out with the beast and his horns
And his crazy description of home.
After many days journey we came to a peak
Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out.
We followed his gaze and we thought that maybe we saw
A spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye thats all,
But the beast was gone and a voice was heard:

so by my new found discovery I set out to make friends, to learn what I am. To get a life...But soon found out aspies are no different then NT's-they can be ass holes just the same

Theyve got no horns and theyve got no tail
They dont even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance

chorus

Hello friend, welcome home.
of course not everyone is a souless ass hole and I have found somewhere to be (not that I will tell any of you)

I'm impressed, I actually got the gist of it pretty well on my own, but thank you for explaining it better for me.
Quite an appropriate song.