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<ol><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">The song is about a boy who is dying of AIDS with his father by his side. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Elton's lyricist, Bernie Taupin, explained: "We didn't go for the obvious. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">I tried to do something lyrically that would thaw the intolerance of not understanding. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">That's why I used the idea of a father coming to terms with his son's status in life and his sexuality, but unfortunately understanding too late. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">If you can melt a little intolerance along the way, I'm happy with that."</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Both John and Taupin were staunch supporters of efforts to understand and eradicate AIDS. Around this time, </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Taupin produced a show called Commitment to Life, which raised money to fight the disease.</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">This was featured in the final scene of the movie chronicling the early days of the AIDS Epidemic, </span><em style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">And The Band Played On</em><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);"> (originally a book by Randy Shilts). </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">The scene is a video collage of famous people and moments in AIDS History. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">When this hit the Top 40 in the beginning of 1993, it gave Elton John 23 consecutive years with a chart hit, breaking Elvis Presley's old record of 22. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Elton John and Bernie Taupin originally titled this "Song For '92," but then decided it would be better if they didn't put a time frame on the song's topic.</span></li></ol><p><br></p>