"puddles may boil when we walk by
my gargoyle and I, happy again
beautiful men? yes, without fail
I'm wagging my tails walking my gargoyle"
Like the idea of it being about his ugly dog Pippin but from the final verse I've always assumed its about a man walking down the street holding hands with his boyfriend, and the reaction that gets from some people. When you read back the other lyrics it seems to fit - Merrit's sarcastic "people recoil when they see me/ obviously, I'm pretty extreme" sums up the reaction. Also the final line suggests the narrator himself is also a gargoyle - both are considered to be outside society's norms.
"puddles may boil when we walk by my gargoyle and I, happy again beautiful men? yes, without fail I'm wagging my tails walking my gargoyle"
Like the idea of it being about his ugly dog Pippin but from the final verse I've always assumed its about a man walking down the street holding hands with his boyfriend, and the reaction that gets from some people. When you read back the other lyrics it seems to fit - Merrit's sarcastic "people recoil when they see me/ obviously, I'm pretty extreme" sums up the reaction. Also the final line suggests the narrator himself is also a gargoyle - both are considered to be outside society's norms.