The line: "I saw thousands who could have overcome the darkness
For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die..." is about the Jim and Tammy Baker fiasco of the '70's and '80's. There is no doubt about this. The remainder of song appears to go on to see how THIS, along with other atrocities seem to explain how Dylan himself may have decided to not be a part of a mainline church-related organization. That is the reason he wrote this song.
@Louis126 Thanks for the feedback on my interpretation. The title of ‘The groom’s still waiting at the altar’ clearly points to a careless bride but most of the lyrics appears too unspecific to me for drawing reliable conclusions. ‘Sweetheart like you’ (about temptation) and especially ‘Sugar baby’ are about the ‘bride’ as well and have more coherent messages.
@Louis126 Thanks for the feedback on my interpretation. The title of ‘The groom’s still waiting at the altar’ clearly points to a careless bride but most of the lyrics appears too unspecific to me for drawing reliable conclusions. ‘Sweetheart like you’ (about temptation) and especially ‘Sugar baby’ are about the ‘bride’ as well and have more coherent messages.
Living in Germany, I have never heard about the Jim and Tammy Baker fiasco. The song ‘When the night comes falling from the sky’ certainly has a wider, more global scope. Dylan’s criticism on traditional churches aims at their refusal of...
Living in Germany, I have never heard about the Jim and Tammy Baker fiasco. The song ‘When the night comes falling from the sky’ certainly has a wider, more global scope. Dylan’s criticism on traditional churches aims at their refusal of using their senses and brain when reading the bible. See ‘cobwebs in your mind, dust upon your eyes’ in ‘Dead man, dead man’, a song already included in the album ‘Shot of love’. See also ‘you ain’t got no brain’ and ‘you ain’t got no sense’ in ‘Sugar baby’. This religious style is a state of walking in darkness and – even worse – spreading darkness. Therefore, ‘there are thousands who could have overcome the darkness’.
The line: "I saw thousands who could have overcome the darkness For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die..." is about the Jim and Tammy Baker fiasco of the '70's and '80's. There is no doubt about this. The remainder of song appears to go on to see how THIS, along with other atrocities seem to explain how Dylan himself may have decided to not be a part of a mainline church-related organization. That is the reason he wrote this song.
@Louis126 Thanks for the feedback on my interpretation. The title of ‘The groom’s still waiting at the altar’ clearly points to a careless bride but most of the lyrics appears too unspecific to me for drawing reliable conclusions. ‘Sweetheart like you’ (about temptation) and especially ‘Sugar baby’ are about the ‘bride’ as well and have more coherent messages.
@Louis126 Thanks for the feedback on my interpretation. The title of ‘The groom’s still waiting at the altar’ clearly points to a careless bride but most of the lyrics appears too unspecific to me for drawing reliable conclusions. ‘Sweetheart like you’ (about temptation) and especially ‘Sugar baby’ are about the ‘bride’ as well and have more coherent messages.
Living in Germany, I have never heard about the Jim and Tammy Baker fiasco. The song ‘When the night comes falling from the sky’ certainly has a wider, more global scope. Dylan’s criticism on traditional churches aims at their refusal of...
Living in Germany, I have never heard about the Jim and Tammy Baker fiasco. The song ‘When the night comes falling from the sky’ certainly has a wider, more global scope. Dylan’s criticism on traditional churches aims at their refusal of using their senses and brain when reading the bible. See ‘cobwebs in your mind, dust upon your eyes’ in ‘Dead man, dead man’, a song already included in the album ‘Shot of love’. See also ‘you ain’t got no brain’ and ‘you ain’t got no sense’ in ‘Sugar baby’. This religious style is a state of walking in darkness and – even worse – spreading darkness. Therefore, ‘there are thousands who could have overcome the darkness’.