It is the closest one can feel to actual physical death. Identity death is a murderous process, involving blood and guts, primal fear and panic. (this stanza included in live versions gives us more clues. Got a lone black feelin', and it's hard to trace
Here comes "the dark night of the soul" in other words). The sun is life, black clouds are the absence of life. A person is much more than their small ego allows them to believe. Examples might include beliefs such as "the world is a dangerous place," "everyone is out to get me," or "I suck at everything." And yet, the "I" that speaks to the discarded aspects of self is separate from them, indicating a deeper knowledge, wisdom and peace is at work. Burying one's guns in this sense means the murderous killing of parts of self that are no longer functional. Threats to identity power include aging, loss, illness etc. An identity is a structure that is conditioned, relative to time, culture, family, religion, friends and so on. (Guns are symbols of power, and the loss of them, powerlessness. I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Metaphorically, Heaven is a return to the pre-anxious ego-eden state, expansive, luminous, non-conceptual, peaceful). The two parallels of the song are on one hand literal, physical death, and on the other hand the psychological death of one's identity. The lyrics are not "I am" but "I feel" I'm knockin on heaven's door. And now "it's too dark to see"-the helplessness and despair is blinding his ability to see or feel hope.
It is how one would feel after losing everything-the darkening accompanying complete world collapse-everything that once provided meaning, reference points and a will to live. His persona and emotional shields, his "badge" is timeworn, archaic and useless. His old ways (or identity structure) of moving through the world have long ceased to work for him. For the lawman, things are at their worst. When things are their worst we tend to want to go back home. In times of war, it is common to hear men shout out the names of their mothers before they charge into battle, before they die. (There is nothing more profoundly psychological/physiological than the life bond a mother has for her child and vice-versa. I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door, It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
trapped in a helpless situation, such as an innocent person in prison-see "I Shall be Released.") and enshroud these experiences in a basic literal struggle.
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However, he did write it for the movie "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidd", so maybe, just maybe.nope!.ĭylan was masterful as a lyricist who could parallel basic mythological experiences of being a person (e.g. 2019 rod wave dark clouds (lyrics) thanks for watching! don't forget to subcribe, like & share my video if you enjoy it! video: youtu.My InterpretationThis song just begs to be taken non-literally, and I have a hard time believing Dylan meant it as anything but. for all inquiries, please send an email to: ✓click the to stay updated on the latest uploads! thumbs rodwave #darkclouds i do not own any rights to this song audio obtained from datpiff. rod wave pray 4 love ℗ 2019 alamo records, llc sony music entertainment dark conversations.follow rod wave: stream "pray 4 love" album pray4love #rodwave #pray4love #misunderstood follow rod wave: ▻ instagram: comment some suggestions!! rod wave instagram instagram rodwave provided to by alamo dark clouds Rod wave dark clouds (lyrics) ▻ for all inquiries, please send an email to: thanks for watching! subscribe and press ( ) to join the notification squad and stay updated with new uploads.