Elton John: Candle in the Wind Meaning
Song Released: 1974
Candle in the Wind Lyrics
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change...
-
anonymous Oct 27th 2011, 22:22 report
It's about how he wanted the world to realize how vulnerable she was, not as a sex object because she lived a very breif, very public life and she was a sex object during her life.
-
anonymous Oct 8th 2011, 13:07 report
elton means that even though marylin died but some people learnt something the time she was alive "those around you crowed,out of the woodwork.
-
anonymous Sep 23rd 2011, 16:44 report
"Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did." I think it's about how he felt that her life was stolen from her before he wanted it to. I don't know. I'm not good at this type of stuff.
-
anonymous Sep 21st 2011, 20:39 report
It seems like they were really close friends and Elton John wanted to have the listener feel sad. The verse, "I would have liked to know you, but I just a kid" I think it's a metaphor for the longing for simpler times and the lost innocent - ness of a child.
-
-
anonymous Mar 16th 2011, 07:38 report
Of how easy it is to be minipulated into something you're not.
-
anonymous Aug 25th 2007, 17:43 report
This is obviously about Marilyn Monroe. It's about how she was treated and stuff. This song was later re-written in honor of princess Diana, when she died in 1997. Elton John performed this re-edited version at her funeral.
More Elton John song meanings ยป
Candle in the Wind lyrics
Candle in the Wind is considered:
Songs about Death
Emotions: Sad Songs
Songs about Loss
[ suggest ]
Submit Your Interpretation
Trending:
Just Posted
| Sail | anonymous | |
| How to Be a Heartbreaker | anonymous | |
| Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You | anonymous | |
| Blackbird | anonymous | |
| Rain | anonymous | |
| Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met) | anonymous | |
| Take a Bow | anonymous | |
| Ex's and Oh's | anonymous | |
| Long Day | anonymous | |
| Prima Donna | anonymous | |
| A Match Into Water | Bmth_sws_ptv_greenday | |
| Philadelphia Freedom | rlquall | |
| Someone Saved My Life Tonight | rlquall | |
| Daniel | rlquall | |
| Distance | anonymous |
10 Most popular bands this week
| 1 | Beatles |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ed Sheeran |
| 3 | Eminem |
| 4 | Coldplay |
| 5 | Taylor Swift |
| 6 | Rihanna |
| 7 | Pink |
| 8 | Linkin Park |
| 9 | Silverstein |
| 10 | Imagine Dragons |






