Bob wrote that he felt he didn't write this song so much as inherit it. I don't know exactly what he means, but I like to think he's saying that the ideas are universal and timeless. This isn't Bob the storyteller from Tangled up in Blue; Shooting Star expresses with bare-bones eloquence a thread of emotion that runs through every life. Regret, solitude, hindsight, and the inevitable parting of ways that is the human condition. "We both heard voices for a while/Now the rest is history" is an earlier remark on the same sentiment. Catch the MTV Unplugged version on Youtube if you haven't seen it yet.
Bob wrote that he felt he didn't write this song so much as inherit it. I don't know exactly what he means, but I like to think he's saying that the ideas are universal and timeless. This isn't Bob the storyteller from Tangled up in Blue; Shooting Star expresses with bare-bones eloquence a thread of emotion that runs through every life. Regret, solitude, hindsight, and the inevitable parting of ways that is the human condition. "We both heard voices for a while/Now the rest is history" is an earlier remark on the same sentiment. Catch the MTV Unplugged version on Youtube if you haven't seen it yet.