Personally, I think that the band was trying to be ironic with this song...the whole story behind the Kilroy Was Here album involved censorship, particularly of rock and roll. According to the story, Kilroy was a rock star who was thrown in jail after being falsely accused of a murder that occurred at one of his band's concerts. The main antagonist of the story was a prominent public figure who basically framed Kilroy to further help his goal to ban rock. This song, I think, was meant to show that. I don't think that Styx really believes what they are singing about...they may just have written this to say that what politicians, public figures, people in high positions,etc. want may not always be what the public wants.
Other than that, I totally agree with everyone here when it comes to the lack of comments about Styx. They really deserve more notice when it comes to their lyrics.
Personally, I think that the band was trying to be ironic with this song...the whole story behind the Kilroy Was Here album involved censorship, particularly of rock and roll. According to the story, Kilroy was a rock star who was thrown in jail after being falsely accused of a murder that occurred at one of his band's concerts. The main antagonist of the story was a prominent public figure who basically framed Kilroy to further help his goal to ban rock. This song, I think, was meant to show that. I don't think that Styx really believes what they are singing about...they may just have written this to say that what politicians, public figures, people in high positions,etc. want may not always be what the public wants.
Other than that, I totally agree with everyone here when it comes to the lack of comments about Styx. They really deserve more notice when it comes to their lyrics.