Elephant Micah - Paradise lyrics

what's the purpose of this petting zoo here in the middle of palmyra if we've been banned from it forever never to touch a hair or feather we stand at the gate watching the things for which we wait will someone come to pick the lock and set the peaco*k free? what's the meaning of this castle there in the middle of Kentucky when all the monarchs have already migrated some call it an act of chivalry we negated still we stand at the gate to watch the horses as they race will someone come and burn it down to make the whole town see? and what would the queen think?