Elton closes his album-long tribute to themes from country music with the all-stops-pulled-out, six-and-a-half-minute epic "Burn Down the Mission".Paul Buckmaster's string score and Karl Jenkins on oboe further enhance the atmosphere of uncertainty, especially when the song appears to end halfway through a verse. "Come Down in Time" uses a harp and guitar harmonics in place of piano to back Elton's sincere delivery of Taupin's lyrics about a man going to an agreed-upon meeting with his girlfriend, but finding himself wondering if she'll stand him up and leave him "counting the stars in the night".as the B-side to "Daniel", giving the track new life in a first-class arrangement closer to his signature style. In 1972, Elton re-recorded the song with his usual collaborators - drummer Nigel Olsson, orchestrator Paul Buckmaster, bassist Dee Murray, and guitarist Davey Johnstone note Their first recordings with Elton, in that order, were on his first four studio albums.
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Taupin's lyrics, in which the pigeon is a metaphor for someone who feels trapped in a collapsing marriage (hence the reference to a "metal ring") and wants to break free and take flight, are given a straightforward vocal delivery, with Elton playing the only backing instruments (harpsichord, piano, and organ). Elton has described "Skyline Pigeon" as the first song he co-wrote with Bernie Taupin about which they were genuinely excited.Note: Elton's contributions to the soundtrack for The Lion King (1994) appear on that film's Awesome Music page. Why? Because his music is just that awesome. At his commercial peak, Elton John was responsible for 5% of all record sales worldwide.
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