what does the song blinded by the light mean

In the north, you can’t ride in the winter when it snows, so the bikes come out in summer. Here I suspect the Indian refers not to a Native American, but to the motorcycle. Bummers: not everything is going to go well, and already we have a warning that there are things going on that will bring you down, bum you out, cause you to crash. Drummers is both a music reference and again that sense of rhythmic energy, the pulse of life. There is a sense of insanity, of hopped the up emotion that would cause one teenager to call the other a Madman. The word madman is telling here, as it doesn’t rhyme, it strains the rhythm, and it leads of the song. Because the style of the song is so constrained, it actually frees him from having to mean one thing, and instead can paint a picture with words that have multiple meanings, no one of which has to be the true one, but instead just have to be true to the theme of the lyrics. These words we have to assume he chose more deliberately. What is most telling is where he chose not to rhyme. The burden is on the free words, the ones that don’t rhyme, to apply the connotation of the line of the song. He often had to choose a series of words that sounded good together, not necessarily that were the most direct way to describe what he was feeling. The inner rhymes of the song provide a great sound, but seriously constrained him as a lyricist. I suspect that, while both sex and drugs are reflected in the song, the song is not primarily about either, but is instead a description of the adolescent life of a musician. He’s alluded to drugs, but never sold himself as primarily a druggie.

Springsteen has often written about love and sex.

Many people have tried to show that this was a song about drugs, or about sex. He has stated that it was based on his experiences as a young musician and was based on people he met. Springsteen wrote this song when he was in his early 20s, and before he had any success as a recording artist. The obscure lyrics have long caused much discussion as to their meaning. He’s changed the orchestration, end even done it as a Latin number. Springsteen’s version of Blinded by the Light was never a hit, but he still plays it in concerts to this day.

What does the song blinded by the light mean