Kamikaze Sioux (Study of "Indian Sunset" by Bernie Taupin

"Indian Sunset", a lyric poem by Bernie Taupin, involves a rich and poignant portrait of an American Indian who has found himself face to face with his own extinction, and so, left with no choices, engages in a battle which he knows will bring certain death, and yet spare his dignity. Taupin begins his remarkably vivid account by placing the reader in the shoes of the warrior, who awakens ready to continue fighti...