Bob Dylan - Jokerman Meaning
Song Released: 1984
Jokerman Lyrics
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the...
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I personally think this song is very....
Almost "nostradomical"
I believe it does convey a loss of faith in his new found faith over the last 6 yrs. , however, I think it's due to seeing how deeply corruption runs in this world... through the rich.. the top 1%of thr tip 1%... I believe the Riman Catholic Church to be one of the most secret, wealthiest, practically untouchable country of its own within italy... I also consider it and several other "RELIGIONS" too be money taking scams that have yet to tell the world the truth of what they know. I believe Bob discoverer this.. when he says about this jokerman.... shedding off one more layer of skin to stay one step ahead OF THE PERSECUTOR WITHIN...
I believe he perhaps subconsciously relates the fact that Jesus said 2 things that are interesting.. may more but.. for this purpose... Jesus said you seek for the kingdom of God(and I do NOT THINK HE WAS REFERRING TO THAT OLD TESTAMRBT VENGEFUL, WRATHFUL, JEALOUS god that desires worship thru fear and kills the whole world. But also plays games with Job.. by VETTING with SATAN.. who , known as the adversary is BEVER ONCE IN THE RECOGNIZED CANNON of the bible related to or referred to Lucifer the arch angel. In order to believe that lucifer rebelled against God and fell to earth becoming Satan... you would have to read several texts that are considered BANNED(not the WORD OF GOD ....HUH?
Wonder why they traumatise kids from a young age at Sunday school or catechism with stories from books they do not consider the word of God. I believe the one true SOURCE OF EVERYTHING IS THE TRUE GOD... JESUS TELLS THE MAN.. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN BCUZ THE JOKERMAN WHO IS TRYING TO TRICK US INTO HIS VERSION OF god...
Remember the bible mentions many gods...with powers... many lifeforms, sentient but not on earth..
I think Mr dylan found out GOD,THE SOURCE OF ALL THE ONE TRUE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING IS WITHIN ALL OF US... WE ARE CONNECTED...
We CAN DEFEAT THE EVIL AND TRIUMPH WITH OUR NEW KNOWLWDGE. YHE JOKER MAN SHEDS SKIN TO try to stay one step ahead..of the PERSECUTOR WithIN...
THE PIECE OF YHE TRUE SOURCE God that gives us lif is within ... together we are part of This One Source of All. The jokerman is still trying to live by may the fittest survive.. jungle..
And leviticus and dueteronomy ...
It's impossible
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It's about alien forces making deals with the president, joker man and
Nightingales, dancing to their tune, grand deception, shedding one more layer of SKIN?
Freedom just around the corner?
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About con artistry.
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Hurricane carter say no more
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Real Messiahs, False Messiahs.
False Gods, Real Knowledge Of G-d.
Delusions, Illusions, and Illumination. -
It's all about Asmodeus.
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the song is about the choices we have in con trolling our lives. dylan, with his ability to create outstanding lyrics the compel all his hard fans to find out, what is he trying to say here, yes ok, but does it mean the same if it is sung like this? this song is basically telling me, about the fight between good and evil to obtain the soul of every human that has or will exist.
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IMHO - The opening line refers to the widespread, personal & cultural claim of religious commitment. Contrasted against the content of the personal lives of people making those claims, that reflect not only an irreligious reality of character but the blatancy of open idol worship.
The second line seems to refer to the things that once provided cohesion & buoyancy that are fast fading into the mists of the past.
The third line informs the inhabitant's of the world about its architecture & power structures - the violence that dominates the shape of its landscapes - The pits and the traps set to snare the unaware.
The next line says you are being motivated by the lie that ambition shall set you free from the poverty you see nearly everywhere.
The poverty of social ineptitude, the poverty of genetic's, the poverty of illness, the poverty of depression, the poverty of inertia & its lack of vitality.
You are spending all your energy in an unwholesome avoidance strategy.
The kicker is; even if you succeed in escaping into wealth's freedoms your poverty arrives through what you have neglected in selfish, myopic pursuits.
Your kids hate you, your wife divorced you, your friends are Machiavellian colleagues not so secretly hoping to see you trip so they can overtake you in what became a game of competing ego's after a certain threshold of wealth was reached.
The rest of the song outlines the consequences this set of behavior pattern will have on the world as it follows the spirit of beastly survival of the fittest laws while ignoring the knowledge of the higher world we were made to inhabit.
So who is Jokerman? Joker MAN being lead by the spirit of a nightingale that flourishes in darkness; at risk of being consumed when the sun rises high in the sky to void all of his "acquired in the night" skills. -
I wonder if Dylan was being prophetic and did not even know, about the anti-christ.
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I think it's about a false messiah/false prophet. Here's an excellent post that seems to cover all perspectives.....
http://damianbalassone.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/dylans-jokerman/ -
The great thing about his music is the many interpretations that are possible. Having heard that he wrote the song after leaving born again Christianity, I assumed it was an angry song i.e. how people can manipulate and be manipulated by religion. Shedding off one more layer of skin referring to easily moving on to another belief system when the one before doesn't fit - as per confessing sins and doing it all over again till the next confession. Showing no response meaning that god doesn't exist but its what people want to believe.
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standing on the water casting your bread...
ok only jesus was said to be able to walk on water so pretty safe bet dylan is
as usual, talking about jesus.
what about this line
"distant ships sailing in through mist...
you were born with a snake in both of your fists with a hurricane blowing"
SOMETHING LIKE REFERING TO JESUS AS
A DISTANT SHIP SAILING IN THROUGH THE MIST
...SOMETHING LIKE THE BEATLES SAYING
"GOT TO BE GOOD LOOKING CAUSE HE'S SO HARD TO SEE"
OR LATER DYLAN (LOVE AND THEFT)
"I CAME ASHORE IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT"
CANT HELP BUT THINK THESE ARE ALL REFERENCES TO JESUS' 2ND COMING -
I KNOW WHAT THE SONG IS about! its about a man who is acused of peedafilia! listen to the song from begining to end + u will see.
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It's about enlightenment and or jesus for me. Shedding off one more layer of skin for me is about a last incarnation which you similtaniosly burn karma and enlighten others. Freedom just around the corner for you but with truth so far off etc is about only an individual can awaken whilst the masses still go through the dark night of the soul or ignorance. Some lyrics are about a christ can wait forever for you to enlighten it's no skin off their nose. They interfere with others karma dream twisters, and the A morality of them or it. forgives a harlot and makes them pure love and so on. . Master munipulaters they are in a good way even a sages curse is a blessing. They avail themselves of love but don't need it reciprocated so they seem sort of arrogant . Fools walk in etc , theyre just sure of their eternity and you cant kill their bliss but you can kill their bodies. blah blah
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Dylan looking at himself and Jesus in each following line.
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