| Bob Dylan – My Back Pages Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I would really like to know one thing. How could someone in their teens come up with this: "Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect" I was 50 before I saw the truth of this kind of serenity. I mean the ego taking over and a fighting attitude towards perceived threats that have nothing to do with what we really are in essence. Read The Power of Now if you interested in what i am getting at. |
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| Bob Dylan – Jokerman Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think that the Jokerman is Jesus and the song tells of his trials and tribulations. "Standing on the waters" Jesus walked on water. "Casting your bread" that was one way to fish. Throw old bread on the waters, wait for fish to gather to eat it, then throw your net. Of course, it is an allegory for Jesus being a fisher of men. "While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing"- the idol of money (with the head of Caesar on it?) "Freedom just around the corner for you but with truth so far off, what good will it do?"- Jesus did not have to die on the cross. He could have escaped any time he wanted, but truth had to be revealed. "Friend to the martyr (John the Baptist), a friend to the woman of shame (Mary Magdeline), You look into the fiery furnace (hell), see the rich man without any name (easier for a rich man to go through the eye of a needle, than to enter heaven. Also, the rich man whom he advised to give his wealth away and to follow him.). Anyway, there's lots more but, you know, it doesn't matter really. Dylan's songs succeed because they cause some kind of brain receptors to fire and send us into a very pleasant reverie. The stories we then construct come from within us. |
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| Bob Dylan – It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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And if I die on top of the hill (if I don't have my "big moment") You know my baby will (she'll have hers) |
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| Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I remember being thrilled when I first heard the verse: God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run". Seems to sum up the vengeful god portrayed in the Old Testament. Maybe it was at that moment that I became a Dylan fan. | |
| Bob Dylan – Desolation Row Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Now at midnight all the agents And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do Then they bring them to the factory Where the heart-attack machine Is strapped across their shoulders And the the kerosene Is brought down from the castle By insurance men who go Check to see that nobody is escaping To Desolation Row" To me this is the way capitalism/entrepeneurialism works. Hire smart people, put them to work and make sure that they never veer from the consumeristic path. |
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| Bob Dylan – Black Diamond Bay Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Bob watches the news about an earthquake that "Left nothin' but a Panama hat and a pair of old Greek shoes", notes his own indifference and then imagines what might have been the last moments of the people who died in the disaster. | |
| Bob Dylan – Lay Down Your Weary Tune Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song wisely advises us to be aware that what we create, dream or otherwise construct, pales in the face of the beauty, intricacy and wonder of the natural world. The intelligence of the universe. Possible my favourite Dylan song. |
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| Bob Dylan – Absolutely Sweet Marie Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The song is about intraveneous drug use, I believe. The "tracks" it leaves on your arms. Jumping is injecting. "your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it. Sometimes it gets so hard, you see". After long term use, the arm "tracks" harden over. Infection causes them to "yellow". The "six white horses" are six hits of heroin. The "river-boat captain" is his dealer. etc. etc. He is wondering what, on her trip, Marie is thinking/dreaming about. | |
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