Lyrics for Knockin' on Heaven's Door as interpreted by mike

Knockin' on Heaven's Door Lyrics
Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it any more
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them any more
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
"You just better start sniffin' your own
rank subjugation jack `cause it's just you
against your tattered libido, the bank and
the mortician, forever man and it wouldn't
be luck if you could get out of life alive"
Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door

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beard07
03-02-2006

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looks like im a prick...along with just about everyone else in this room...u must be the prick and have no taste because seems like everyone else likes it..

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musicismyaroplane
03-03-2006

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well i reccon that he has come back from a war and hes feels bad about killing all of those people, so he trys to get rid of all of the things that reminds him of the war eg. "Mama take this badge from me" and "Mama put my guns in the ground".... then hes woried if he will get in to heaven because of what he has done in the war eg."Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door"

hopefullly they will let him in.

that wat i thought when i first heard it, im most deffinty wrong. I reccon Guns n Roses are a mad band, espcially this song.

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elliott_smith00
03-09-2006

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No one likes Guns n Roses, that's just the point. Only a small amount of people are backwards enough to enjoy Axel Rose and his wanky band members. Those that enjoy GNR are then considered pricks. Look, beardy, I'm just telling it how it is.

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ColdenScence
03-28-2006

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that's because axl. which all of the band members left G.N.R . before leaving slash, i love them even more that Metallica. i still listen to their songs everyday. but we must accept that's there is no Guns N' Roses for today

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ialmostbelieve
04-08-2006

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to me the meaning always seemed to verge on 'death' as a universal concept. physical death, the death of fear, love, meaning.. you name it.

the axl cover and the dylan original are touching and elegant songs

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ForThoseAboutToRock
04-09-2006

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Who's Josh Richman? According to the liner notes, he's the one who speaks after the phone rings.

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punkghurl_317
05-16-2006

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elliott_smith00, go to hell. Gn'R are the best band ever, douchebag.

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^exeF.
07-03-2006

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Bon Jovi: "Lets have a little fun with this. I think as a song writer, you look to other song writers to give you influence, and every once in a while a song will pop up that you wish you wrote. And though this song has been covered by like a 100 people, this was written by Bob Dylan, and greatly influenced my writing the Young Guns soundtrack. Cause he wrote this for 'Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid', which as an old movie which Kris Kristofferson's in."

This is what Bon Jovi says while he's doing an Acoustic Cover of the song, I should be putting this in Bob Dylan's thing, but Guns N' Roses is way better. Since it was written for that cowboy movie or whatever, I'm gonna have to go with it being about a cowboy/soldier dying like someone said somewhere in all these comments.

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yo_2388
07-21-2006

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I think its about someone who came so close to death but lived through it. hense knockin on heavens doors.

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rorster
08-01-2006

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"mama put my guns in the ground" that is saying that he doesnt want nething to do with them so hes regretting sumthin that happened

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flaminmofo
08-11-2006

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maybe it's a guy in his last hours approaching death and heaven.

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classic_rocker8
10-06-2006

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I love the live version of this from live era! It's a faster tempo, and I love the way Axl accentuates the words. If you haven't heard it, you really should. Either way, it's a great song. GN'R rules!

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Prometh
11-02-2006

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To me, it's about the "game". GIving up on "shooting" people with nerves of steel. He's sick of fighting and lieing his ass off just to get a piece of ass or to have a list of untrue friends to call. It feels like he's just asking for death.

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TNT_MAN
01-24-2007

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No offence but some people are just morons. It is crystal cleat that this song is about the death of a soldier, I even dare to say that is an anti-war song.

"Mama take my BADGE from me I can't use it any more"

"mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them any more"

Does it say mama put my needles on the ground or put my fucking weed on the ground? NO....CLOTS!!

It's about a soldier dying, probably while fighting in a war

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TNT_MAN
01-24-2007

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TO elliott_smith00 :
yep, and that's why they are one of the best selling bands ever. Nobody likes them and they suck big time, yep...now get that vibrator out of your ass, bloody TWAT

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TNT_MAN
01-24-2007

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TO elliott_smith00 :
yep, and that's why they are one of the best selling bands ever. Nobody likes them and they suck big time, yep...now get that vibrator out of your ass, bloody TWAT

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rorster
02-02-2007

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this song was written by dylan for a movie called billy the kid i think, and it was a western so shooting was involved. it makes a great deal of sense if he was a soldier like refering to bury my guns in the ground saying they are useles to him now what will he be doin with them in heaven and badges im not sure wat they mean but maybe medals

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vieires
05-15-2007

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Just to chime in...

I am pretty sure those who suggest Dylan wrote this for a western movie are entirely correct, and i would dare to add that the character that this song was written for was a sherrif or something very similar...for the uneducated, sherriffs in westerns wore badges...

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vieires
05-15-2007

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By the way...Dylan's version is entirely different obviously, but i think it takes the prize in regards to which is better...Dylan's version is masterful, as opposed to the gunners' effort, which is kick ass only

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Branchinator
05-23-2007

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Bob Dylan can write good songs, but he can't sing for anything. Axl's voice is perfect for this song, period. A brilliant song

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Anony
05-27-2007

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I really don't understand this. Bob Dylan's voice is certainly unique and I can see why some people don't like it, but how in the world is Axl's voice better? I can see why some people would like this version more because of Slash's guitar, but why is Axl's whiny shriek almost universally accepted as better than Dylan's hoarse drawl?

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vieires
06-21-2007

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Dylan can usually sing no better than myself, an Im a dodgy singer, but for some reason he really performed on this song (also on "Ballad of a Thin Man", check it out) and his voice is somewhat beautiful on this track

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GSimenon
08-08-2007

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I just love this song, even from the time I hadn't known anything about the English language.

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robertoluongofan1
09-09-2007

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The bob dylan version of the song is about a man coming back from the pointless war *vietnam a belive* and being disabled and incapable of removing his badge
"Mama take this badge off of me" He cant remove it himself
"I cant use it anymore" Incapable of fighting anymore
and since he is disabled he no longer has the will to live so he "Feels like im knocking on heavens door

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ryanisarealboy
12-09-2007

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they ruined a great bob dylan song. they all suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

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