It's pretty apparent, when taken on whole. "Bird" is the UK slang for a young woman, so Elton's "high flying bird" was a friend or lover of the song's narrator who probably was into drugs (You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight). "Flew," "raven," "flown from out my arms" make it pretty clear.
The chorus reinforces the song's narrator that as much as he wanted her, she always flew away "She thought I was the archer."
The second verse is about her suicide. "The white walls of your dressing rom are stained in scarlet red/You bled upon the stone like a young man" And after the narrator internalizes what has happened, he muses "Wouldn't it be wonderful is all I had to say."
It's pretty apparent, when taken on whole. "Bird" is the UK slang for a young woman, so Elton's "high flying bird" was a friend or lover of the song's narrator who probably was into drugs (You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight). "Flew," "raven," "flown from out my arms" make it pretty clear.
The chorus reinforces the song's narrator that as much as he wanted her, she always flew away "She thought I was the archer."
The second verse is about her suicide. "The white walls of your dressing rom are stained in scarlet red/You bled upon the stone like a young man" And after the narrator internalizes what has happened, he muses "Wouldn't it be wonderful is all I had to say."
Taupin's lyrics are pretty easy to decipher.
@dtyler99 Damn. That’s dark…
@dtyler99 Damn. That’s dark…