| Elton John – Sixty Years On Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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While all interpretations are subjective, and unique to the reactionary; I see this song as a sort of "Rage against the dying of the Light" as viewed through the eyes of a son. Not so much as a rage, as a whimper. The constant references to church and faith I am still working out in my mind, but to an aging man of action, what future does the encroachment of age and infirmity hold? Perhaps the Christian Ideals that he once held dear and taught to his son hold no credence in the fact of a life of a soldier. However the rosaries and Magdalene sing to the sound of a different tenet. The (lack of oil in the) choral lamp may refer to the loss of the joy of life that unity brings. More of a recounting of the feats? The son has lost all faith. Very sad. VERY sad. |
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