Any ideas on the meaning of “Tower of Babel” by Elton John?

It’s the second track on his autobiographical [i]Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy[/i] album, and last I checked had no comments on song meanings. Very underrated/overlooked track imo.

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originnone · 61-69, M

no...but I'll give you my general thoughts...once the song is sung and you've heard it, it's not the singer's song anymore. Determining the meaning is yours. People debate Hotel California, stairway to heaven, etc. If you ask the artists, they'll normally throw up their hands....

JPWhoo · 36-40, MVIP

@originnone It’s autobiographical though. I’d love to know what happened in Elton John’s early life that inspired it.

originnone · 61-69, M

@JPWhoo ok...that's different....

TheBannibalOne · 61-69, M

It is about those who think they're good,but are not.😎

Lilnonames · F

The story of the Tower of Babel explains the origins of the multiplicity of languages. God was concerned that humans had blasphemed by building the tower to avoid a second flood so God brought into existence multiple languages. Thus, humans were divided into linguistic groups, unable to understand one another

JPWhoo · 36-40, MVIP

@Lilnonames Thanks, but I’m talking about the Elton John song, which clearly is not about the literal, historical Tower of Babel in the Bible, as John’s song contains the line, “‘Cause Jesus don’t save the guys in the Tower of Babel,” and the Tower of Babel in the Bible was destroyed a couple thousand years before Jesus came to earth in human form.

Lilnonames · F

@JPWhoo no i read that Jesus destroyed it

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