Not my favorite Elton John song anymore

You know, I used to like the song "Rocket Man" by Elton John -- until I found out what he was really talking about. I'm sure I don't know what all the hidden allusions are, but I never thought about the big one staring in my face. God, I feel so stupid.

Do you know? Let me explain: It's really all about Elton John (real name Reginald Dwight) realizing that he's gay. "I'm not the man they think I am at all". Let's take this step by step...

"She packed my bags last night, pre-flight": I'm thinking this could be a fluffer.
"Zero hour, 9am": could be anything, really.
"And I'm gonna be high as a kite right then": sounds drug-related.
"I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife": could be a line written to throw one off the trail.
"It's lonely out in space": well, yeah...
"On such a timeless flight": okay, whatever.
"and I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me round I get to find, I'm not the man they I am at all -- I'm a rocket man": In a drug-induced haze, he realizes 'I'm not who they think I am ... I'm a gay man'.

Whoa! Are you as blown away as I am? Why am I just learning this now. C'mon -- rocket man? Obvious phallic reference.

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids": Okay, follow me here... Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars. What he's saying is 'Men are not cut out to raise children by themselves, let alone gay men'.
"In fact, it's cold as hell": Meaning -- it's a REALLY bad idea
"And there's no one there to raise them, if you did": Well, this is obvious. Elton was doing a lot of touring when this song was written. Can't raise children on the road.
"And all this science I don't understand, it's just my job 5 days a week": he's really hiding what he knows behind what he doesn't know.

He's a rocket man "burning out his fuse up here alone". He was really being himself standing on stage, but when he returns to 'real life', it's there that he's deceiving the people in his life.

Tell me I'm wrong.

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