Lyric discussion by nigelmustapha 

yes it is true it was written in the wake of being refused a hotel room because of his scruffy image, but inspired only so much as Ode to a Grecian Urn was written about a vase in the living room or the love song of alfred prufrock was written about some guy in a coffeeshop

Obviously a song about change. Introduced by Dylan- a song about new , different Goliath's that must be stopped. The sea is often used as a place of uncertainty, where no man makes a home and where the unknown lies. When the ship comes in there will be the collision of the outcast or departed with the structures of society on land. Very well written and very good, this song shows how much better Dylan got at channeling his anger since Masters of War

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