This song is addressed to Christians that are evasive towards reality and truth while for a Christian following the truth should be the same as following Jesus. Their sense of reality has gone lost while they live in an alternative, hypothetical world. This world is constructed with elements from the bible which have been selected and arranged to fit unauthorized human purposes.
Now they are trying aggressively to overpower others and to define places for them in their ghetto world.
With this song Dylan is turning away from a type of Christianity that has disappointed and even misused his trust. The album “Slow Train Coming” is characterized by discovering truth in Christianity, the central verse being “Gonna change my way of thinking”. The next album “Saved” includes more phrases than thoughts with “I’m saved” and “Are you ready” as the basic messages. “Shot of Love” as the last album of the Christian trilogy marks a refusal of cheap slogans and hypothetic worlds.
This song is addressed to Christians that are evasive towards reality and truth while for a Christian following the truth should be the same as following Jesus. Their sense of reality has gone lost while they live in an alternative, hypothetical world. This world is constructed with elements from the bible which have been selected and arranged to fit unauthorized human purposes.
Now they are trying aggressively to overpower others and to define places for them in their ghetto world.
With this song Dylan is turning away from a type of Christianity that has disappointed and even misused his trust. The album “Slow Train Coming” is characterized by discovering truth in Christianity, the central verse being “Gonna change my way of thinking”. The next album “Saved” includes more phrases than thoughts with “I’m saved” and “Are you ready” as the basic messages. “Shot of Love” as the last album of the Christian trilogy marks a refusal of cheap slogans and hypothetic worlds.