What does A Trick Of The Tail mean?

Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail Meaning

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Song Released: 1976


A Trick Of The Tail Lyrics

Bored of the life on the city of gold
He'd left and let nobody know.
Gone were the towers he had known from a child,
Alone with the dream of a life
He traveled the wide open road,
The blinkered arcade,
In search of another to share in his...

  1. anonymous
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    May 16th 2020 !⃝

    It could refer to the "beast"that is left over as the last of his kind and has decided to go out in search of another in case there is one.

  2. anonymous
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    Nov 22nd 2013 !⃝

    A shot at peter gabriel after leaving the band.


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