I think it shows somone finding their true self. At the start dylan talks about all the negativity in the world, then it changes at the line "You lose yourself, you reappear", to what he wants to be himself and something that he is not, which society wants him to do, as he gives examples of how people are corrupted.
I think it shows somone finding their true self. At the start dylan talks about all the negativity in the world, then it changes at the line "You lose yourself, you reappear", to what he wants to be himself and something that he is not, which society wants him to do, as he gives examples of how people are corrupted.
That's just my interpritation of this great song.