The Band - I Shall Be Released (penned by Bob Dylan)
Quote:
They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shinin’
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say ev’ry man needs protection
They say that ev’ry man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall
I see my light come shinin’
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Now yonder standing there in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he’s not to blame
All day long I hear him shouting so loud
Just crying out that he was framed
I see my light come shinin’
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
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Hearing Richard Manuel's falsetto vocals throughout this song gets me misty-eyed sometimes. Kind of makes me think of what his last hours must've been like before he hung himself in his Florida motel room (while touring with the reunited Band) and how much the pain of life must've been affecting him at that point.
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Persuaded, paraded, inebriated, and down
Still aware of everything life carries on without
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