Knockin' on Heaven's Door Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nogtopoo 

Cover art for Knockin' on Heaven's Door lyrics by Bob Dylan

thats wht dylan songs are all about mate-connecting to the songs your self and being able to relate to them--how ever i agree with i think it was judge-i believe this song is about life- i belive that its about some one who's depressed--some ones who's upset--and some one whos given up-i beleive that putting his guns in the ground shows this-as he's basically had enough of trying 'he cant fire them any more'-and the fact that the dark cloud is coming down shows hes just accepting it- and the idea of not being able to see any more i think is to do with being confused , a side effect often linked with depression-and because of this he feels like hes knocking on heavens door because hes just had enough and isnt attempting to get up and sort himself out -how ever i dont know if any of you have his mtv unplugged album or dvd-he sings this and adds about 2 new verses-one being hes got a 'bad feeling and its hard to trace' as in hes not sure exactly whats up setting him- hes just generally run down--he also adds to the chorus 'knocking on heavens door just like so many times before' as in hes felt like this before and he knows he gonna pull through-just he feels like he wants to knock on heavens door because we all get to the point ,sometimes, where we feel we cant go on any more.