I agree completely. The song doesn't need to be about anything except the imagry it creates in our minds.
I think this song is more about mood.
I did read an interview with Robert Hunter about how he wrote songs. Jerry, or Dylan for that matter, would come to him with the tune and he would scat sing words into it getting the rhythm and phrasing right. Eventually the scat would take form into words.
The word do not necessarily make 'sense".
But it is a trait of a great lyricist when they can do that.
And an even greater trait when the meaning can be different to everyone who hears the song.
I agree completely. The song doesn't need to be about anything except the imagry it creates in our minds.
I think this song is more about mood.
I did read an interview with Robert Hunter about how he wrote songs. Jerry, or Dylan for that matter, would come to him with the tune and he would scat sing words into it getting the rhythm and phrasing right. Eventually the scat would take form into words.
The word do not necessarily make 'sense".
But it is a trait of a great lyricist when they can do that.
And an even greater trait when the meaning can be different to everyone who hears the song.