I have seen the second verse written two ways, and neither of them is the version above.
The most common is "all of his life his master's toys" (which honestly makes no sense to me).
The other is "all of his life he's mastered choice(s)". I can't find a definitive source though.
BTW, the line about "when you get caught between the moon and New York City" was originally written by Peter Allen when his plane was stuck in a holding pattern above New York. This obviously doesn't invalidate the various interpretations, of course.
@Grailwolf there is another CC (cafe) version where the lyrics (Spotify) is 'All of his life, he's masked his choice' ...which whilst not perfectly clear, probably makes more sense than the options above - as in the film Arthur does indeed pretend to be going along with something others want for him until...
@Grailwolf there is another CC (cafe) version where the lyrics (Spotify) is 'All of his life, he's masked his choice' ...which whilst not perfectly clear, probably makes more sense than the options above - as in the film Arthur does indeed pretend to be going along with something others want for him until...
I have seen the second verse written two ways, and neither of them is the version above. The most common is "all of his life his master's toys" (which honestly makes no sense to me). The other is "all of his life he's mastered choice(s)". I can't find a definitive source though.
BTW, the line about "when you get caught between the moon and New York City" was originally written by Peter Allen when his plane was stuck in a holding pattern above New York. This obviously doesn't invalidate the various interpretations, of course.
@Grailwolf there is another CC (cafe) version where the lyrics (Spotify) is 'All of his life, he's masked his choice' ...which whilst not perfectly clear, probably makes more sense than the options above - as in the film Arthur does indeed pretend to be going along with something others want for him until...
@Grailwolf there is another CC (cafe) version where the lyrics (Spotify) is 'All of his life, he's masked his choice' ...which whilst not perfectly clear, probably makes more sense than the options above - as in the film Arthur does indeed pretend to be going along with something others want for him until...