| Bob Dylan – Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[scallopfishing:44474] replying to every comment about this lol, just to say "cold revolver" is an actual phrase and that the official lyrics indicate "cold." | |
| Bob Dylan – Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[ncdave4life:44473] The words are definitely "cold revolver." You can hear it, but also it's printed on Dylan's website and in his collected lyrics. It's not an abstract description--it's a specific phrase for an unloaded (prop) gun. | |
| Bob Dylan – Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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@[buffering:44472] a "cold" gun is one that doesn't have any ammo in it--that's certainly the meaning here. more specifically, and I think probably the meaning here since we're talking about stages and costumes, is that a cold gun is a prop gun. The lyrics pointedly DON'T say who is holding the gun. Whoever holds it, the possibilities are that: 1. they know it's empty, and are just cocking it ("click") to try to scare their target; 2. they don't know it's empty, and are cocking it ("click") with the intent to kill; 3. they don't know it's empty, and they actually pull the trigger, which results in the "click" (which would surprise them). |
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