Songfacts®:
This song is about the death of a soldier who is passing over to the other side. The conflict in which he died is not specified but in view of the theme of the album, it is likely that lyricist Bernie Taupin was thinking about the American Civil War. The song is similar to Wilfred Owen's World War One poem Strange Meeting, in which a soldier meets the man who killed him on the battlefield. >>
Suggestion credit:
Alexander Baron - London, England