| Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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One of the best explications I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Yes, a chrome horse could definitely be a car, and a "hooked up" car at that, as drug dealers tend to have, but the term "chrome horse" is generally used to refer to a motorcycle. As for the Napoleon reference, it could also be symbolism of the power that the "dope man" has over a heroin addict; many times they will trade sex for drugs, but I also like the OP idea very much as Napoleon is considered by some as the greatest conqueror of people that ever lived and did so through any means necessary, just as heroin/opiates or the dealers that sell it do. I guess it could have a dual meaning here. "You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?"...a dime referring to a small amount of drugs for personal use. Many rich people (or any person for that matter) new to the drug scene are asked by people who have been in the scene for a while to "hook them up"...this being a reference to her, the rich girl, "hooking them up with a dime bag". "You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns When they all come down and did tricks for you". Now, later in the song, she is more popular in these areas, and this is an allusion to the people, when they see her, running to her trying to be the dealer to score the sale. "You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you". Kicks being used in a different way here, I believe, than the OP intended, referring to the drug itself, as one can never trust another person to score the drugs they are seeking out. You never know what else is added or how much is skimmed. Just my 2 cent addition to the original posters ideas , which I also feel, hit this song right on the head. |
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