wheelchair = we are all emotionally handicaped in life, one way or another
the phase from wheelchair to the aid of a simple crutch = an individual emotional handicap is not something permanent although it starts out in life as something serious (inability to move on our own)
the passing from wheelchair to crutch we hear about at the same person ("you") = may indicate that the healing from the handicap (that requires a wheelchair) is possible and known to happen in time, in a healthy relationship (one that isn't based on a "transaction" - you give/i give) BUT you have to give it time (aka don't ask me to walk without my crutch too early as i might not be healed yet)
the last line is the key to the entire song = the author also has a crutch of his own (initially he might also have been in a wheelchair but got rid off it by being in a relationship with "she" until he was asked, much too early, to give away his even his crutch in the name of love; he refused and turned his attention to "you" who respects the delicate law of time passing)
one might presume that "she" also had been in a wheelchair but, in the same way as the author, got healed via their relationship and remained with a temporary crutch; however, since we now know that "she" is so eager to give things away in the name of love, "she" might have given her crutch as a offering, of course, much too earlier than necessary.
the Jamaican rum is the metaphor for having quality time with somebody and not ruining it by making thoughtless demands - it is also the one thing that the author is requesting throughout the whole song; by having the picture of the wheelchair girl lean against the bottle of rum shows that we all seem to start our relationships by apreciating having quality time with another person but somehow fail to maintain this filosophy later on.
Conclusion... the song is not about man's unability to have intimacy with the significant other but rather tries to make a "harsh" point: love does heal our handicaps, whatever these might be, and only through love can we lose our wheelchairs and crutches BUT we must allow time to do all these as love's main role is not an as aiding bandage we selfishly use to make ourselves better, faster; instead, love must be allowed to induce a Jamaican rum euphoria of having good quality time together and the rest will follow...in time.
john lennon wrote norwegian wood to imitate dylan, to try and get some fame by trying out what dylan does, but with this song, bobby d just totally destroys lennon and basically says, thats a pretty good song but im still the king. its the complexity of the song, the sheer unknowingness and beauty of a complex relationship that dylan can detail perfectly but that lennon just touches upon.
john lennon wrote norwegian wood to imitate dylan, to try and get some fame by trying out what dylan does, but with this song, bobby d just totally destroys lennon and basically says, thats a pretty good song but im still the king. its the complexity of the song, the sheer unknowingness and beauty of a complex relationship that dylan can detail perfectly but that lennon just touches upon.
this song starts out pretty clearly with what seems to be the end of a fight that dylan and his romantic interest just had. It almost seems like she'd made bobby d cry and then says that he needs to give back to her in this relationship because so far its been just her working hard and giving him her love. And then dylans lady is getting ready to leave but she ends up kicking him out until he realizes hes forgotten his "shirt".
now i think its pretty hard to forget to wear a shirt after a big fight and here i think the shit represents his heart, he realizes that she still hasn't and that he either wants it back from her or to make things better so he goes back to try and fix everything. so then while hes waiting for her to think about the offer that he's making for his "shirt" he starts to think of another woman, the ominous "you" that takes over the final verse, and shows that hes in this intense love triangle, with both women being very important to dylan but him not having a clue to which woman he wants but at this point he decides he wants the second girl, the "you"
so he asks for some rum and dylan and the first girl start drinking until she becomes drunk and he has her for one last great time of sex and leads her to believe that everything with them will be all good. but then he just gets up, goes through her drawer for some money or whatever, and takes off. he goes to the second girl, the "you" because she still loves him. dylan has too many doubts about the first girl, he either doesn't feel the right way about her or she has too many problems and just feels safer with the second girl because she welcomes him back, she accepts him and looks past his fame and looks into the real man and loves him for that.
It's a parody of John Lennon's "Norwegian Wood". Dylan and Lennon were very influential on each other (and also very competitive).
A possible metaphor for this song:
A possible metaphor for this song:
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Conclusion... the song is not about man's unability to have intimacy with the significant other but rather tries to make a "harsh" point: love does heal our handicaps, whatever these might be, and only through love can we lose our wheelchairs and crutches BUT we must allow time to do all these as love's main role is not an as aiding bandage we selfishly use to make ourselves better, faster; instead, love must be allowed to induce a Jamaican rum euphoria of having good quality time together and the rest will follow...in time.
Peace!
john lennon wrote norwegian wood to imitate dylan, to try and get some fame by trying out what dylan does, but with this song, bobby d just totally destroys lennon and basically says, thats a pretty good song but im still the king. its the complexity of the song, the sheer unknowingness and beauty of a complex relationship that dylan can detail perfectly but that lennon just touches upon.
john lennon wrote norwegian wood to imitate dylan, to try and get some fame by trying out what dylan does, but with this song, bobby d just totally destroys lennon and basically says, thats a pretty good song but im still the king. its the complexity of the song, the sheer unknowingness and beauty of a complex relationship that dylan can detail perfectly but that lennon just touches upon.
this song starts out pretty clearly with what seems to be the end of a fight that dylan and his romantic interest just had. It almost seems like she'd made bobby d cry and then says that he needs to give back to her in this relationship because so far its been just her working hard and giving him her love. And then dylans lady is getting ready to leave but she ends up kicking him out until he realizes hes forgotten his "shirt".
now i think its pretty hard to forget to wear a shirt after a big fight and here i think the shit represents his heart, he realizes that she still hasn't and that he either wants it back from her or to make things better so he goes back to try and fix everything. so then while hes waiting for her to think about the offer that he's making for his "shirt" he starts to think of another woman, the ominous "you" that takes over the final verse, and shows that hes in this intense love triangle, with both women being very important to dylan but him not having a clue to which woman he wants but at this point he decides he wants the second girl, the "you"
so he asks for some rum and dylan and the first girl start drinking until she becomes drunk and he has her for one last great time of sex and leads her to believe that everything with them will be all good. but then he just gets up, goes through her drawer for some money or whatever, and takes off. he goes to the second girl, the "you" because she still loves him. dylan has too many doubts about the first girl, he either doesn't feel the right way about her or she has too many problems and just feels safer with the second girl because she welcomes him back, she accepts him and looks past his fame and looks into the real man and loves him for that.
@Turtle_Soup Yes I always that that it was a reply to "Norweigian Wood", then I read that it actually is.
@Turtle_Soup Yes I always that that it was a reply to "Norweigian Wood", then I read that it actually is.