Flogging Molly: Kilburn High Road Meaning

Kilburn High Road Lyrics

Many's the day I took for granted

Breathing the air that sinlenced some

As the North Wind blew

With its head of thunder

Beating its breast with a war drenched song

Bathe awhile, awash in slumber

Cry what's left to sleep

Where...

1. anonymous

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   Jun 17th 2012 !⃝

   it is about the area of London that King moved to at a young age but doesn't know why he did once he got their
2. suavisvinum

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   Aug 13th 2007 !⃝

   I don't know if it's pertinent, but there is an play by jimmy murphy called "kings of the kilburn high road"
   
   it's about some young guys who come to london from ireland, hoping to make their fortune and return home. one of them dies, and they all meet, and basically drink to their dead friend and how he's the only one who's made it home, and he's going home in a coffin.
   
   anyway, it sounds similar to me.
3. anonymous

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   Jan 16th 2007 !⃝

   Not so much symbolism in this song, actually. The Kilburn High Road is a primarily Irish section of London. Though it's not the classiest place, it's an area of their own.
4. anonymous

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   Dec 29th 2006 !⃝

   I could be way off about this, but I think that the song is about life. The Kilburn is symbolic for the road of life, and although there are many hardships on that road, we are ultimately the kings of our own lives.
5. anonymous

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   Mar 18th 2006 !⃝

   Song about a subway system in London.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway

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