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| Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I think you are right. That is the correct theological interpretation. The "she" is obviously a place as well as a person. Being Jewish has nothing to do with it. Many of Dylan's songs address Christian theology, 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall', 'Every Grain of Sand' etc. |
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| Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Starts off in moral chaos. Act of selfless mercy (not a word was spoke between us) by the woman restores his sanity and faith in humanity. At the end he is rededicated to God and Beauty and sets out again on the pilgrim path: "I'm living in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line, beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine". One of Dylan's best. It is a vision of crucifixion I'm afraid (hard nails, preacher rides a mount, doom alone that counts, crown of thorns etc) but ends in the Resurrection, self-giving love that purifies humanity. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Happy Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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The song is a sort of autobiography by Richards and with 'Before they Make me Run' the best he sings with the Stones. It starts off with his childhood, blowing his pocket money before the end of the day, not fitting in at school, as in his book 'Life'. Continues 'didn't wanna get me no trade' - his father was an electrician at a factory but Richards went to art college, played guitar and the rest is history. The last verse is his life in the present at the time the song was recorded, cocktails and LearJets, but neither do these make him happy - as he says in every chorus 'I need a love to keep me happy'. The song is about following your passion and not being bound in by society's rules - having the faith to live in the day. |
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