I don't have anything to contribute beyond mentioning that the three names in the first verse are the songwriters Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Blake Schwarzenbach. I'm probably stating the obvious.
It's always seemed to me that the song is about looking at things most people are afraid or don't know how to look at. There's something behind everything, and not many people even try to understand, but there are those heroes that risk losing everything by not only looking but attempting to show others.
I don't have anything to contribute beyond mentioning that the three names in the first verse are the songwriters Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Blake Schwarzenbach. I'm probably stating the obvious.
It's always seemed to me that the song is about looking at things most people are afraid or don't know how to look at. There's something behind everything, and not many people even try to understand, but there are those heroes that risk losing everything by not only looking but attempting to show others.