Tambourine Man" is that the song is about drugs. This makes sense, as it was against the law to write songs about drugs in the 1960's when the song was composed. The metaphors are simple: ?Mr. Tambourine Man' is the drug dealer. "Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship?" is asking the drug dealer for drugs, and then the lyrics go on to describe the physical effects on the body after consuming hallucinogens: "My senses have been stripped, My hands can't fell to grip, My toes too numb too step?" Another obvious reference to drug taking comes from the fourth verse, "Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind?" The smoke rings relating literally to drugs being smoked, the last line of the last verse, also if taken literally, relates to escaping from the realities of life by using drugs: "Let me forget about today until tomorrow"...
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This makes sense, as it was against the law to write songs about drugs in the 1960's when the song was composed. The metaphors are simple: ?Mr. Tambourine Man' is the drug dealer. "Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship?" is asking the drug dealer for drugs, and then the lyrics go on to describe the physical effects on the body after consuming hallucinogens: "My senses have been stripped, My hands can't fell to grip, My toes too numb too step?" Another obvious reference to drug taking comes from the fourth verse, "Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind?" The smoke rings relating literally to drugs being smoked, the last line of the last verse, also if taken literally, relates to escaping from the realities of life by using drugs: "Let me forget about today until tomorrow"...
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song analysis The lyrics make the ballad depressing and gloomy such as, "Lonely as I am/Together we cry." "I gave my life away," the last line of the song is sad, and describes the drugs taking over the band members' lives...	2 / 389
Music Analogy The labels A and B are to distinguish the two different verses, the label C stands for the chorus and the label D symbolized the new section (the bridge)...	3 / 585
Music Analogy The labels A and B are to distinguish the two different verses, the label C stands for the chorus and the label D symbolized the new section (the bridge)...	3 / 585
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