Gone were the towers he had known from a child
Of the cage and marched on out
Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out
They got no horns and they got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
But soon they grew bored of their prey
After many days journey, we came to a peak
Beast that can talk, read the sign
And questioned his story again
He cried and broke down the door
Everyone looked so strange to him
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
They don't even know of our existence
The beast that can talk
Let me show you others such as me, why did I ever leave?
More like a freak or publicity stunt, oh oh, no no
Along with a dream of a life
The creatures, they pushed and they prodded his frame
They got no horns and they got no tail
Let me take you there, show you a living story
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
That lies in the deep distance?
Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold
They don't even know of our existence
We followed his gaze and we thought that maybe we saw
A spire of gold, no, a trick of the eye, that's all
There, beyond the bounds of your weak imagination
He cried and wept as they led him away to a cage
"They got no horns and they got no tail
But the beast was gone and a voice was heard
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
That lies in the deep distance?", he cried and wept
The blinkered arcade
And his crazy description of home
He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out
That lies in the deep distance?
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold
He traveled the wide open road
They don't even know of our existence
That lies in the deep distance?
They got no horns and they got no tail
In search of another to share in his life, nowhere
And so we set out with the beast and his horns
