Friday, October 14, 2016
Bob Dylan , My Back Pages
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Half-cracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, thought, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Half-cracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, thought, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
quality of fire- me
fire tamed
gives warmth
to a home
fire in me
is
real fire
a little breeze
and flames
so high
even a wind from
inside
to let it burn all
the grass
the flowers
and a heart
and once it
is out of control
it will even
evaporate
more water
and more
only rivers
and the sea
can withstand
keep fire
as a friend
keep it going
but don't blow
or it will
blow up
and singe
you
and me
though we are
all
earth, wind,
water, fire
we burn and flow
and grow and blow
each one
another way
unforeseeable
when we
cannot
be in harmony
and not even
in disharmony
try our best
life is-
we forget-
savage
gives warmth
to a home
fire in me
is
real fire
a little breeze
and flames
so high
even a wind from
inside
to let it burn all
the grass
the flowers
and a heart
and once it
is out of control
it will even
evaporate
more water
and more
only rivers
and the sea
can withstand
keep fire
as a friend
keep it going
but don't blow
or it will
blow up
and singe
you
and me
though we are
all
earth, wind,
water, fire
we burn and flow
and grow and blow
each one
another way
unforeseeable
when we
cannot
be in harmony
and not even
in disharmony
try our best
life is-
we forget-
savage
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