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It is generally thought that Taupin, the lyricist, had in mind a soldier killed on the battlefield, either in the (U.S.) Civil War or in World War I, and finding himself drifting toward the afterlife, asking (St. Peter), "What comes next?"
It is generally thought that Taupin, the lyricist, had in mind a soldier killed on the battlefield, either in the (U.S.) Civil War or in World War I, and finding himself drifting toward the afterlife, asking (St. Peter), "What comes next?"