My opinion on this song is simply that they are talking about the break-up of the band.
The "Cafe" is just the Eagles themselves - or better put, the time that the band was together.
The first stanza just lays out that a reminising is about to happen.
The next stanza states that the members could express their feelings through song more than - or instead of - through their words or actions.
"Expecting to fly" could represent the word Eagle.
"Some of THEIR dreams came true" - THEIR being the important word - signifying the past tense of the Eagles. Then "stayed behind..." meaning the band did not finish all that the members wanted to accomplish and/or communicate to us.
I may be totally off - but that is my take on this song....
My opinion on this song is simply that they are talking about the break-up of the band.
The "Cafe" is just the Eagles themselves - or better put, the time that the band was together.
The first stanza just lays out that a reminising is about to happen.
The next stanza states that the members could express their feelings through song more than - or instead of - through their words or actions.
"Expecting to fly" could represent the word Eagle.
"Some of THEIR dreams came true" - THEIR being the important word - signifying the past tense of the Eagles. Then "stayed behind..." meaning the band did not finish all that the members wanted to accomplish and/or communicate to us.
I may be totally off - but that is my take on this song....