Lyric discussion by Danieletc 

Cover art for Liberty lyrics by Grateful Dead

My favorite Dead song from their later days. Needs no interpretation, but feel free to do so.

Love this song too. Sometimes at night, when I'm alone and drunk, I put it on repeat and dance for hours. lol.

I think it needs a lot of interpretation though. For example, take these words:

"Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky / Looked in the bottom and what did I see? / Whole damn world looking back at me."

I think this must be a metaphore. I don't think Garcia or Hunter wrote or sang any lyrics that were meant to be taken literally. Every line has a deeper meaning.

The lines I quoted may mean that...

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