This song is NOT for everyone to comprehend especially those leading youthful happy lives. On fact, even if one has considerable "wisdom" one cannot FEEL this songs deep depression.
This song is autobiographical in many ways for Bob. Old before his time. Time Out of mind, longing to be young, ahh but you have to act your age. Wanting to be left alone,. being bothered and finding a way out. hiding out, knowing the end is much closer than the beginning.
This song is NOT just about growing old, having to grow old, and longing. It is about a DAMAGED MAN both spiritually and physically. The extent of that damage is NOT specific in the song but is gathered to be GREAT . The ykey line "Insanity is smashing against my soul". <MANY reasons for that to happen to a man and most are not good.
There arent many comments on this great song ans some have commented they either "Didnt get it" the first time or even hated it. They are the BLIND, or simply those who are NOT in Bob's PLACE in the universe. It;s a dark, lonely, isolated, intellectual, Highly Conscious and Painful place. I know it WELL.
This song is NOT for everyone to comprehend especially those leading youthful happy lives. On fact, even if one has considerable "wisdom" one cannot FEEL this songs deep depression.
This song is autobiographical in many ways for Bob. Old before his time. Time Out of mind, longing to be young, ahh but you have to act your age. Wanting to be left alone,. being bothered and finding a way out. hiding out, knowing the end is much closer than the beginning.
This song is NOT just about growing old, having to grow old, and longing. It is about a DAMAGED MAN both spiritually and physically. The extent of that damage is NOT specific in the song but is gathered to be GREAT . The ykey line "Insanity is smashing against my soul". <MANY reasons for that to happen to a man and most are not good.
There arent many comments on this great song ans some have commented they either "Didnt get it" the first time or even hated it. They are the BLIND, or simply those who are NOT in Bob's PLACE in the universe. It;s a dark, lonely, isolated, intellectual, Highly Conscious and Painful place. I know it WELL.