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Gilded Lily by GWAR

Release Date
Tue Mar 31 1992
Performed by
GWAR
Produced by
Glen Robinson
Writed by
Mike Derks & Michael Bishop (GWAR) & Dave Brockie
About

A punky thrash song, “Gilded Lily” is ostensibly about GWAR’s misadventures at “high society” parties.

The phrase “(to) gild the lily” means to try to improve something without reason, usually with a negative effect.

Whenever lead singer Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) was not allowed to wear his us...

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Gilded Lily Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, I've been wearing a gilded lily
Cunningly carved in a manner frilly
To my design, it was created
No deviation was tolerated
My gilded lily, he thinks he's funny
My gilded lily is worth cash money
My gilded lily, he made me a smarty
I wore my lily to all the right party, go

[Chorus]
I was the envy of all the horde
And I proclaimed myself overlord
My gilded lily gives all this and more
I puke my guts all over the floor

[Verse 2]
I found the entertainment banal so
Through trenches of flesh, we carved a canal so
The lead harlequin then drew his last breath
He held a bejeweled theatrical mask, yeah
The door heaved and then exploded
We split the bill and then drove home loaded
And when we got there, the paint was peeling
We rose on Jell-O to the ceiling

[Interlude]
So!
So!
So!
So!

I wear the lily
Gaily festooned in a manner silly
Draped in apparel
I bathe in the smell

So!
So!
So!

I gild the lily
Adroitly crafted yet willy nilly
I wear the lily
When I party with Milli Vanilli

[Bridge]
And soon the pleasure barges
Rolled with the sun
Pleasantly bloated
We mingled as one
Amidst debris of
Debauchery
I looked for lily
And just found me

[Verse 3]
And all the while, gilded lily faded
Although it was the best I created
But gilded lily was still in place, it
It made a mockery of my face, yeah
And delivered to us a surprise
The hulking mass of what we despise
Which lurched away as we moved to snuff it
And I delivered a princely buffet
And soon the continent split all asunder
And all the radios blared out the blunder
My gilded lily expanded while spinning
That's when I realized that we were winning
And fondly clutching our raging piss-ons
We piled up, peeled out, and then we were gone
Fondly clutching
Our big piss-ons
I'm still clutching
My big piss-on
Piled up, peeled out, veered off, blast off

And then we were gone

Gilded Lily Q&A

Who wrote Gilded Lily's ?

Gilded Lily was written by Mike Derks & Michael Bishop (GWAR) & Dave Brockie.

Who produced Gilded Lily's ?

Gilded Lily was produced by Glen Robinson.

When did GWAR release Gilded Lily?

GWAR released Gilded Lily on Tue Mar 31 1992.

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