Don't believe this song has anything to do with the departure of Gabriel and the lyrics can be taken literally - a fairy tale of a creature from some parallel civilisation. Although they almost certainly didn't realise it at the time, the multiple universe theory fits this song perfectly - somewhere there is a world like ours on which there is a city of gold that contains intelligent horned creatures.
Don't believe this song has anything to do with the departure of Gabriel and the lyrics can be taken literally - a fairy tale of a creature from some parallel civilisation. Although they almost certainly didn't realise it at the time, the multiple universe theory fits this song perfectly - somewhere there is a world like ours on which there is a city of gold that contains intelligent horned creatures.