Disease of Conceit Lyrics

Lyric discussion by arabhammerhead 

Cover art for Disease of Conceit lyrics by Bob Dylan

Give you idea that You're too good to die, Then they bury you from your head to your feet From the disease of conceit.

Yeah. I'd like to think Dylan admonishes people against beaviour that isolates them from others. Whether its being religious (Oh Sister), being a schmuck (Like a Rolling Stone), don't be a prude (Lay Lady Lay), or conceipt. On the other hand, he does send the island of fags and gamblers to the bottom in Black Diamond Bay.

Tele evangelist Marvin Gorman's downfall in 86,Jim Baker in 87, & Jimmy Swagart in 88, all fell due to their conceit & moral faliings. Re: Jimmy Sawagart wiki. Dylan wrote this in 89. Dylan's mention of sickness of the soul, delusions of grandeur, and the idea that your to good to die comments was written after tele evangelist Jimmy Swagarts downfall. He mentions a priests transgressions with a prostitute again in The Man With The Black Coat in the same O Mercy album.