Truth for a Truth
Unveiling the Dualities: Jakob Dylan's Truth for a Truth
Lyrics
I'm up here somewhere so high in the climb
I am in a high place, reflecting on my journey.
Too many people running loose in the mind
Many people are mentally uncontrolled or scattered.
Send us a king or someone else that can bring
Seeking a leader or someone to restore order.
Some order where otherwise everything is
Yearning for order in a chaotic situation.
Eye for an eye, truth for a truth
Reciprocity - seeking justice or fairness.
Here I lie, my arms around you
Lying down with arms around someone, possibly in a moment of vulnerability.
You would be blind if you only knew
Indicating that understanding the truth may be difficult.
It was eye for an eye and truth for truth
Emphasizing the importance of honesty and justice.
Pack up your wagon girl and button your coat
Encouraging someone to prepare for a journey or change.
Look up and see me coming out of the smoke
The speaker emerging from a difficult situation.
Footprints of angels leaving tracks in the snow
Suggesting a divine presence or positive influence.
I'm the last man that sweetheart you oughta know
Advising someone about the speaker's true nature.
When it's eye for an eye and truth for a truth
Reiterating the theme of reciprocity and truth.
Here I lie, my arms around you
Expressing intimacy with someone, possibly in a vulnerable state.
You would be blind if you only knew
Highlighting the challenge of understanding the truth.
It was eye for an eye and truth for a truth
Reiterating the importance of justice and honesty.
It's good to be hungry
Stating the value of desire or ambition.
The apple of somebody's eye
Being cherished by someone.
Ain't nothing so pretty in this terrible light
Contrasting beauty with a difficult situation.
All hands on deck and all men to the tower
Calling for collective action or readiness.
I'm a virtue-less man in the midnight hour
The speaker feeling morally compromised at midnight.
Now it's junk on junk, this bed that we made
Describing a deteriorating situation or relationship.
Where I sleep like a horse standing up on the clay
Sleeping uncomfortably, comparing to a horse on clay.
Got to be ready, there's so much hell to pay
Acknowledging the impending challenges.
And I'm guilty of loving you in the worse kind of way
Confessing to loving someone in a problematic way.
Eye for an eye, truth for a truth
Repeating the theme of reciprocity and truth.
Here I lie, my arms around you
Restating the intimate connection with someone.
You would be blind if you only knew
Emphasizing the difficulty of understanding the truth.
It was eye for an eye and truth for truth
Reiterating the importance of justice and honesty.
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