The song's lyrics were written by Bernie! (yes, that Bernie that wrote almost all of Elton John's songs!) It was written about escape from the realities of life. Specifically he has said it was about escaping childhood to adolescent abuse from his father (a big homophobe!) in dreams! There became a time when he only wanted to live in his dream worlds and considered not living in his reality world. I'm personally so glad that such a gifted writer survived and brought the world so very much beautiful music! So many kids facing the issues of being gay and abusive parents go through with suicide, luckily Bernie found his path past that time!
@scottyboyd Benie is not gay, though. The song is about escaping life's realities which Bernie writes beautifully of. I always find his self reflective songs are cloaked in fairy tales in his lyrics like how he wrote Goodbye Yellow Brick Road when he was actually tired of writing for Elton. He's a talented lyricist who conveys deep messages through his metaphors. I hope he publishes a book explaining the stories and meanings of his lyrics, including this one.
@scottyboyd Benie is not gay, though. The song is about escaping life's realities which Bernie writes beautifully of. I always find his self reflective songs are cloaked in fairy tales in his lyrics like how he wrote Goodbye Yellow Brick Road when he was actually tired of writing for Elton. He's a talented lyricist who conveys deep messages through his metaphors. I hope he publishes a book explaining the stories and meanings of his lyrics, including this one.
The song's lyrics were written by Bernie! (yes, that Bernie that wrote almost all of Elton John's songs!) It was written about escape from the realities of life. Specifically he has said it was about escaping childhood to adolescent abuse from his father (a big homophobe!) in dreams! There became a time when he only wanted to live in his dream worlds and considered not living in his reality world. I'm personally so glad that such a gifted writer survived and brought the world so very much beautiful music! So many kids facing the issues of being gay and abusive parents go through with suicide, luckily Bernie found his path past that time!
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Scotty
@scottyboyd Benie is not gay, though. The song is about escaping life's realities which Bernie writes beautifully of. I always find his self reflective songs are cloaked in fairy tales in his lyrics like how he wrote Goodbye Yellow Brick Road when he was actually tired of writing for Elton. He's a talented lyricist who conveys deep messages through his metaphors. I hope he publishes a book explaining the stories and meanings of his lyrics, including this one.
@scottyboyd Benie is not gay, though. The song is about escaping life's realities which Bernie writes beautifully of. I always find his self reflective songs are cloaked in fairy tales in his lyrics like how he wrote Goodbye Yellow Brick Road when he was actually tired of writing for Elton. He's a talented lyricist who conveys deep messages through his metaphors. I hope he publishes a book explaining the stories and meanings of his lyrics, including this one.