| Elton John – Tower of Babel Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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One of the tales/intrepretations about the Tower of Babel was God's wrath in response to homosexuality. You have to remember that though Elton was not "out" at the time, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics and Bernie is gay. This song has definite gay references, "were the darlings on the sidelines dreaming up such cherished lies, to whisper in your ear before you died." A gay man lying (probably to a relative) about sexual orientation. "This closet's always stacked." Pretty obvious. "Sodom meet Gomorra - Cain meet Abel" - men meeting. Although there are also references to "call girls" and "lechers" this was mostly a biblical take on the prejudice against gays in the 1970's era. |
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