Hi fellow musicians, Sleemfit here and this is my very first post in this community. I have no doubt in my heart that I'd have so much fun here,and that I'm in the right place.
Oh well music is everything for me, and I really can't imagine my life without music, enough being said. So I've really just had this really powerful song stuck in my head for so long "Knocking On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan: Knockin' On Heaven's Door Meaning
Song Released: 1973
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door.
This song is written from the perspective of a dying sheriff: "Mama, take this badge off of me/I can't use it anymore/It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see/I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door." Dylan wrote it for the 1973 western film, Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid. It plays while Sheriff Colin Baker is dying from his gunshot wounds. Dylan cameos in the movie as the character, Alias.
The song is from the movie Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, where Garrett a sheriff was rumoured to be an old friend of the gangster Billy the Kid. Garrett had to make a tough decision to choose his duty over his friendship. The song may perhaps arose in his heart at the moment when he had to shoot down his buddy.
"Mama take this batch off me"
"I can't use it anymore".
by this lines Pat Garrett means he does'nt wanna be sheriff anymore if it's means to kill your friend for the sake of duty.
"It's getting dark too dark to see"
Feel like I m knocking on heaven's door".
here Garrett is trying to denote that the conception of the good and the bad is getting hazy and unclear....and due to dis he's unable to conclude on which side he is or what he's doing is the right thing or not?
As a result it seems he's been denied salvation and an entry into heaven for all the sins he's committed...dat's why he feels like knocking on heaven's door and waiting to be permitted in.........
"Mama put my guns in the ground"
"I can't shoot them anymore"............
Garrett is seen here asking his mama(mother) to put his gun,his weapon of destruction,harmlessly in the ground because he doesn't want to take anymore lives.
"That long black cloud is coming down"
"I feel like I m knocking on heaven's door"
here the long black cloud may have been regarded by Garrett as the elements from the heaven which is keeping a record of all the sins he is doing and it's coming down to question him about his deeds. Still, he's standing outside heaven's door,knocking and begging to be let in.
The song simply deals with the concept of blindfolded thinking and the conflict within oneself when the person's conscience rises to make him realize the true meaning of his deeds.
I wasn't even born when the song was recorded but somehow I found myself listening to it while growing up and I've always wanted to do a cover of it, So here it is,I hope y'all enjoy…I'd be waiting in the comment section,peace and love musicians 🤍✨.
SOURCE
https://www.lyricinterpretations.com/bob-dylan/knockin-on-heavens-door
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