My two bits: This song represents the desperation Dylan felt in his life as he fully came to understand the darkness and futility of the world. Dylan sees those blindly following their own desires and accepting the world's false value system as a "trainload of fools". All of Dylan's foundations have crumbled and he is left with nothing but to "strip and kneel". Dylan had not accepted Christ when he wrote this song, but it is evident he can "smell the tail of the dragon" and realizes that he must "overturn these tables" and "disconnect these cables" by accepting salvation. This is clearly a song about a man about to make a decision that will result in a major change in his life.
...Interesting that Dylan now frequently follows "Senor" in his concerts with the testimonial song "God Knows".
My two bits: This song represents the desperation Dylan felt in his life as he fully came to understand the darkness and futility of the world. Dylan sees those blindly following their own desires and accepting the world's false value system as a "trainload of fools". All of Dylan's foundations have crumbled and he is left with nothing but to "strip and kneel". Dylan had not accepted Christ when he wrote this song, but it is evident he can "smell the tail of the dragon" and realizes that he must "overturn these tables" and "disconnect these cables" by accepting salvation. This is clearly a song about a man about to make a decision that will result in a major change in his life.
...Interesting that Dylan now frequently follows "Senor" in his concerts with the testimonial song "God Knows".