I'm the first to comment, so be kind. Understanding art requires many people and I'm the first to dip my toe.
The melody and guitar at the onset is unmistakably a call back to the Eagles, "Boys of Summer". In the Eagles version, our hero, Don Henley, is late to the beach. It's fall and his love is gone leaving a memory. He is a boy of summer, he doesn't live there anymore.
The song has a larger reach. Seeing Bob Dylan is a memory. And.."
Time surrounds me like an ocean My memories like waves Is life just dying in slow motion Or getting stronger every day?" There's a confusion about time.
He's harking back to a time where there was a multitude writing and singing about how he's feeling. But it's gone. "I don't live here anymore".
He's singing about a relationship's death but it cannot be understood outside the death of rock and roll.
I'm the first to comment, so be kind. Understanding art requires many people and I'm the first to dip my toe.
The melody and guitar at the onset is unmistakably a call back to the Eagles, "Boys of Summer". In the Eagles version, our hero, Don Henley, is late to the beach. It's fall and his love is gone leaving a memory. He is a boy of summer, he doesn't live there anymore.
The song has a larger reach. Seeing Bob Dylan is a memory. And.." Time surrounds me like an ocean My memories like waves Is life just dying in slow motion Or getting stronger every day?" There's a confusion about time.
He's harking back to a time where there was a multitude writing and singing about how he's feeling. But it's gone. "I don't live here anymore".
He's singing about a relationship's death but it cannot be understood outside the death of rock and roll.