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.
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.