through the hosiery crystal castles lyrics meaning

God, resenting their arrogance, smote them by striking them across the land, confusing their language (also the origin of the phrase 'to babble'). The 'watchtower' is a reference to the Tower of Babel, a story of man building an arrogant society in which nothing was impossible, building a tower into the heavens, uniting under one language, and generally not appreciating God. The thief then tells him that a lot of people take life for granted ('There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke'), but the joker and the thief have already been made to appreciate life (facing their mortality) that and they will not share the same fate as the 'others'. Businessmen (the disciples) drank Jesus's wine and 'plowmen dug his earth,' not understanding the value of what they'd been given. The Joker is Jesus, and the thief is one on the cross next to him.

The song jumps around but weaves a story similar to the Biblical verses: Basically, the song pulls verses from the bible centering on the crucifixion of Christ, the tower of babel, and the end of times. Dylanīiblical in origin (but not with religious intent), the song likely can be more applied to Dylan's view of the loss of humanity and a general societal statement about our need to dominate and not appreciate. Nobody could have written this so simply and clearly in my opin as Mr. The devil knows his time is short and Jesus is not letting him out of the deal. Two riders represent the start of the Apocalypse as told In Revelations of the great battle against the anti Christ (the devil) and Christs return to take dominion of his people and the Earth and to fulfill his Father's the Lord's promise.

barefoot servants represents a humbling due to an arrogant nation and people. This lyric refers to the watchers of Christs return, the Princes keep a vigil while the people come and go on their daily business protected by those who keep the Lords watch. So Jesus reminds the devil that this is not our fate, you made your deal there is no way out of it or here, so stop talking falsely, the devil is the master of lies and the hour is getting late is reminding the devil that his time of earthly domain is not going to last too much longer before Christs return to take back the earth through the promise of the Lord.Īll along the watchtower princes kept the view, while all the woman came and went, barefoot servants too, outside in the cold distance a wildcat did growl, two riders were approaching and the wind began to howl The devil thought he made a good deal getting domain of the earth and Jesus did not take him up on the deal when he rejected the devils offer to have all the earthly materials and domain if He rejected his Father when he was tempted on the mount. many on earth think life is a joke, one big party not taking their life or what came before or after them serious. stop getting excited you are not gonna sway me or get any symapathy. It is a conversation between the devil and Jesus. Mark chapter 13, watch I shall come as a thief in the night, the Joker is the devil. so let us stop talking falsely now, the hour's getting late. No reason to get excited, the thief he kindly spoke, there are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke, but you and I we've been through that, and this is not our fate. all along the line refers to the human generational line since Noah, guess the devil expected more exaltation and credit than he has been getting.haha The devil is complaining to Jesus that there must be some way out of here, here being earth, he cannot get any relief, no satisfaction from the humans who use his earthly domain. business men they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, all of them along the line don't know what any of it is worth. There must be some kind of way out of here said the joker to the thief, there's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Jesus is the thief, the devil is the joker

The song is a conversation between Jesus and the devil. Seems obvious if you read the Bible old and new testament. It must be frustrating to write as Dylan does and to have such straightforward lyrics so misunderstood probably why he does not like to comment on them. Jimi Hendrix fully understood the meaning of this song and exalted it into the position it deserves in the musical community. Dylan masterpiece lyrically, Hendrix masterpiece musically.

Through the hosiery crystal castles lyrics meaning