Love the line-
'See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
With a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap
And they cheer with each blast'
I think it perfectly shows the destructive nature of society.
I agree with you Drake. Dylan is singing this love song to Angelina riddled with a larger metaphor about the banes of society in general, war and violence a particular topic he brings up again and again, to explain the ups and downs (mostly downs) of his love with Angelina.
I agree with you Drake. Dylan is singing this love song to Angelina riddled with a larger metaphor about the banes of society in general, war and violence a particular topic he brings up again and again, to explain the ups and downs (mostly downs) of his love with Angelina.
The jacks and queens
Have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies
Now file past the guards
The jacks and queens
Have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies
Now file past the guards
This to me does remind me of the Holocaust. Jacks and the Queens, higher in a deck of cards, the higher-ups in society who had the power to actually do something to stop the horrors...
This to me does remind me of the Holocaust. Jacks and the Queens, higher in a deck of cards, the higher-ups in society who had the power to actually do something to stop the horrors of the Holocaust, turned their backs and the fifty-two gypsies are either Jews or perhaps literally the gypsies that were also murdered.
And I can't help but think about war, either, especially in the last verse.
The machine guns are roaring
The puppets heave rocks
The fiends nail time bombs
To the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like
I will never deny it
The beginning of this verse is reminiscent of war, perhaps 'Nam since Dylan wrote this in the 60's. Machine guns is a clear image, and the puppets a great symbol of the common soldier/man being manipulated by the government to do whatever they like with them. A puppet only does what the person controlling it decides. Dylan is telling Angelina that she can blame him all she likes for what happened to them, and for the violence and particular ruthless nature of mankind/society, he will not fight or defend himself is she does. Dylan is trying to find a place where he can escape all of that?
These are my initial impressions of this song, anyway, I might be all wrong.
Love the line- 'See the cross-eyed pirates sitting Perched in the sun Shooting tin cans With a sawed-off shotgun And the neighbors they clap And they cheer with each blast'
I think it perfectly shows the destructive nature of society.
I agree with you Drake. Dylan is singing this love song to Angelina riddled with a larger metaphor about the banes of society in general, war and violence a particular topic he brings up again and again, to explain the ups and downs (mostly downs) of his love with Angelina.
I agree with you Drake. Dylan is singing this love song to Angelina riddled with a larger metaphor about the banes of society in general, war and violence a particular topic he brings up again and again, to explain the ups and downs (mostly downs) of his love with Angelina.
The jacks and queens Have forsaked the courtyard Fifty-two gypsies Now file past the guards
The jacks and queens Have forsaked the courtyard Fifty-two gypsies Now file past the guards
This to me does remind me of the Holocaust. Jacks and the Queens, higher in a deck of cards, the higher-ups in society who had the power to actually do something to stop the horrors...
This to me does remind me of the Holocaust. Jacks and the Queens, higher in a deck of cards, the higher-ups in society who had the power to actually do something to stop the horrors of the Holocaust, turned their backs and the fifty-two gypsies are either Jews or perhaps literally the gypsies that were also murdered. And I can't help but think about war, either, especially in the last verse.
The machine guns are roaring The puppets heave rocks The fiends nail time bombs To the hands of the clocks Call me any name you like I will never deny it
The beginning of this verse is reminiscent of war, perhaps 'Nam since Dylan wrote this in the 60's. Machine guns is a clear image, and the puppets a great symbol of the common soldier/man being manipulated by the government to do whatever they like with them. A puppet only does what the person controlling it decides. Dylan is telling Angelina that she can blame him all she likes for what happened to them, and for the violence and particular ruthless nature of mankind/society, he will not fight or defend himself is she does. Dylan is trying to find a place where he can escape all of that?
These are my initial impressions of this song, anyway, I might be all wrong.