@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Standing on your window, honey
Yes, I've been here before
Feeling so harmless, I'm looking at your second door
How come you don't send me no regards?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, why are you so hard?
Kneeling 'neath your ceiling
Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while
I'm tryin' to read your portrait
But i'm helpless, like a rich man's child
How come you send someone out to have me barred?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, why are you so hard?
Like a poor fool in his prime
Yes, I know you can hear me walk
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime
Or is it just solid rock?
Well, I lean into your hallway
Lean against your velvet door
I watch upon your scorpion
Who crawls across your circus floor
Just what do you think you have to guard?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, but you're so hard
Achilles is in your alleyway
He don't want me here, he does brag
He's pointing to the sky
And he's hungry, like a man in drag
How come you get someone like him to be your guard?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, but you're so hard
Yes, I've been here before
Feeling so harmless, I'm looking at your second door
How come you don't send me no regards?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, why are you so hard?
Kneeling 'neath your ceiling
Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while
I'm tryin' to read your portrait
But i'm helpless, like a rich man's child
How come you send someone out to have me barred?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, why are you so hard?
Like a poor fool in his prime
Yes, I know you can hear me walk
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime
Or is it just solid rock?
Well, I lean into your hallway
Lean against your velvet door
I watch upon your scorpion
Who crawls across your circus floor
Just what do you think you have to guard?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, but you're so hard
Achilles is in your alleyway
He don't want me here, he does brag
He's pointing to the sky
And he's hungry, like a man in drag
How come you get someone like him to be your guard?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, but you're so hard
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I love it too. Typical Blonde on Blonde song. Making you think 'what the -hell- could that mean?'.
I think the general meaning is basically summed up in the lines 'you know i want your lovin', honey, but your so hard' - he loves the girl but she's making it needlessly difficult. I think the name Achilles is used to for the guy she's with because he's saying he's not perfect. Maybe about Edie Sedgwich and Andy Warhol?
I think the reference to Achilles means that the girl is very tough and can't be broken except for in her one weak spot, (Achilles' was his heel). I love the third verse part about the scorpion and circus floor. Also, I though it was tryna read your POETRY? I know on him website it says otherwise but still...
he wants to sex her up but she's playing hard to get
The one line that gets louder and louder since 1966
“helpless like a rich man’s child.”
@Emale <br /> <br /> "It seems Bob Dylan was as much a scientific visionary as a social one. In his 1966 masterpiece Blonde on Blonde, Dylan rasps of being “helpless like a rich man’s child.” A study in the February issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science argues that growing up in an affluent culture forebodes potential psychosocial risks.<br /> <br /> “Children of the Affluent: Challenges to Well-Being” found evidence that upper-class children can manifest elevated tendencies toward substance use, anxiety, and depression. The authors traced these behaviors back to two factors common among affluent teens: excessive pressures to achieve and isolation (both literal and emotional) from parents.<br /> <br /> “Family wealth does not automatically confer either wisdom in parenting or equanimity of spirit,” the authors write.<br /> <br /> The findings also gainsay previous stereotypes that affluent youth and poor youth are respectively “low risk” and “high risk,” revealing more similarities than differences in their adjustment patterns and socialization processes. Of course “helpless like a high risk child” might not carry the same poetic charm, but it’s in tune with the latest science.<br /> <br /> psychologicalscience.org/observer/rich-kid-poor-kid
People remember Archilles - defining feature as one point of vulnerability. So is to be "Temporary like Archilles" - to have one point of vulnerability? The lyrics tell of his quest and reason, the futility and the legacy of the failed search for this "access" point. The "Lime" option, a comment - Limestone's unique composition, simultaneously soft and robust, has made it a favoured medium for sculptors. Its pliability allows for intricate detailing while maintaining structural integrity. Masterpieces like Michelangelo's "David" and the iconic Sphinx of Egypt bear testament to the exquisite artistry achievable with limestone.
Realy love this song, can't understand why so many people conmsider it a dud. geocities.com/temptations_page/DylGuide2.html has a bit of an explaination
Ive only just been getting into this song, but i reckon its one of the best on Blonde on Blonde. There's a lot of contrasts in it between masculinity and femininity. The girl being "hard" for example, and her "guard" who is presumably Achilles. But Dylan sees these two as temporary and fake, whilst his love for her and the fact that they should be together as true and permamnent. Like in Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat and Just Like A Woman and a lot of his other songs, like To Ramona, he's criticizing/helping the woman by telling her she should be living her own life, not doing what masculininty (achilles, the guard, + the hardness) is telling her to do.
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I think the title is a reference to Achilles in the Illiad... he chooses a short life of glory over a long, boring life in obscurity.