| The Killers – Neon Tiger Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Piggybacking off of my previous comment..forgot the MOST obvious thing about the song. The title "Neon Tiger" = Montecore's career in glitzy neon Las Vegas. | |
| The Killers – Neon Tiger Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Imo, this song describes the Siegfried & Roy Tiger incident. In 2003 Siegfried and Roy were performing as usual at the Mirage in Las Vegas. All of a sudden, Montecore the tiger just went beserk and mauled Roy Horn. As a result, he suffered massive blood loss and a stroke. To this day, Roy defends his precious pet's actions as being nothing more than an effort to protect him from some imagined danger. Perhaps Montecore was simply tired of being "caged" (captive) in the "Southwest sun" (Nevada). Perhaps he acted out of instinct defend himself from some imagined danger ("run neon tiger, there's alot on your mind"). The "boys and girls" (the audience that evening) "made some noise" (screaming in horror at the mauling). When Roy was en route to the emergency room, sources say his first concern was that his cat not be euthunized ("I'll never let them touch you"). Since then, although Roy still raises tigers, he no longer performs in front of an audience. Montecore the tiger has officially retired from the stage ("mister cut me some slack, I don't want to go back"). Lol, please don't flame me. I do tend to think too deeply at times. :P |
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