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All Along the Watchtower
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Bob Dylan
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All Along the Watchtower Themes
Little Words, Big Ideas
Friendship
There's no way to be sure if the joker and the thief are actually pals. Maybe they were assigned to work together as messengers, and they really hate each other. But we don't think so. They are bot...
Isolation
The joker and the thief are isolated, both literally and metaphorically. Literally because they seem to be traveling alone between cities in a Western or Biblical landscape with the wind and the wi...
Warfare
There are no battles or warriors in this poem, but the atmosphere and some of the symbols suggest that war is in the air. The Bible passage from the Book of Isaiah that inspired this song talks abo...
Dissatisfaction
Ever heard the expression, "tears of a clown"? People use it to describe someone who wants people to think he or she is really fun and happy, when in fact they're down in the dumps. The joker seems...