"They will tear your mind away from contemplation"
Sounds like the modern internet/FOX News/Paris Hilton world to me.
Dylan wants to focus on what's important.
"I'll make the most of one last extra hour"
Do something meaningful
"All my loyal and my much-loved companions
They approve of me and share my code
I practice a faith that's been long abandoned
Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road "
Reminds me of the film The Road, a post-apocalyptic film about maintaining dignity in anarchy.
The world today is in moral, spiritual anarchy, nobody's sure if there is any truth with a capital T
Those who live by a code of honor and justice and love become harder to come by
I get a sense of quiet desperation from this song
"No one on earth would ever know"
"Got to get you out of my miserable brain"
Also a sense of self-pity that desperately wants to reveal itself
"Some day you'll be glad to have me around."
"Got to get you out of my miserable brain"
It sounds like Dylan misses someone a lot, he must have spent a lot of time with a girl and now it's all over and this source of love is suddenly gone.
In its place is a vacant emptiness that depresses him
He's sad, so all he can see of life is sadness:
"The sufferin' is unending
Every nook and cranny has its tears"
But he realizes, if suffering is eternal, then wouldn't good feelings be just as eternal?
"Fame and honor never seem to fade"
Good deeds, the source of honor and fame, cannot be erased
A deed cannot be undone
Dylan wants to find the source of this, and he's Christian, so
Maybe he's referring to Jesus when he says:
"The fire gone out but the light is never dyin' "
Jesus (the fire) is dead, but the light (Jesus' spirit) lives on
I think Dylan is running on the fumes of hope, trying to find this source
Like UnForGiven says,
He's willing to go to "the last outback at the world's end" to find it
Great poetic imagery in this song, too! What a perfect song!
"They will tear your mind away from contemplation" Sounds like the modern internet/FOX News/Paris Hilton world to me. Dylan wants to focus on what's important. "I'll make the most of one last extra hour" Do something meaningful
"All my loyal and my much-loved companions They approve of me and share my code I practice a faith that's been long abandoned Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road " Reminds me of the film The Road, a post-apocalyptic film about maintaining dignity in anarchy. The world today is in moral, spiritual anarchy, nobody's sure if there is any truth with a capital T Those who live by a code of honor and justice and love become harder to come by
I get a sense of quiet desperation from this song "No one on earth would ever know" "Got to get you out of my miserable brain" Also a sense of self-pity that desperately wants to reveal itself "Some day you'll be glad to have me around." "Got to get you out of my miserable brain"
It sounds like Dylan misses someone a lot, he must have spent a lot of time with a girl and now it's all over and this source of love is suddenly gone. In its place is a vacant emptiness that depresses him He's sad, so all he can see of life is sadness: "The sufferin' is unending Every nook and cranny has its tears"
But he realizes, if suffering is eternal, then wouldn't good feelings be just as eternal? "Fame and honor never seem to fade" Good deeds, the source of honor and fame, cannot be erased A deed cannot be undone Dylan wants to find the source of this, and he's Christian, so Maybe he's referring to Jesus when he says: "The fire gone out but the light is never dyin' " Jesus (the fire) is dead, but the light (Jesus' spirit) lives on I think Dylan is running on the fumes of hope, trying to find this source Like UnForGiven says, He's willing to go to "the last outback at the world's end" to find it
Great poetic imagery in this song, too! What a perfect song!