Découvrez les paroles de la chanson « Like a Rolling Stone » de Bob Dylan, accompagnées des explications de leur signification, d’anecdotes et de contexte.
Paroles de la chanson
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school, all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out, you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, "do you want to make a deal?"
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own?
With no direction home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own?
With no direction home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own?
With no direction home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?
Explication des paroles de Like a Rolling Stone de Bob Dylan
« Like a Rolling Stone » est une chanson emblématique de Bob Dylan qui aborde le thème de la perte de statut social et de l’isolement. Créée en 1965, elle a marqué un tournant dans la carrière de l’artiste en abandonnant le folk pour le rock. Dylan y exprime sa désillusion envers une femme autrefois riche et puissante, mais qui se retrouve maintenant déchue et errante, comme une pierre qui roule sans but. Une anecdote intéressante sur la chanson est que la mélodie et les paroles ont été écrites en seulement une nuit, lors d’une période d’inspiration intense pour l’artiste. « Like a Rolling Stone » reste aujourd’hui l’une des chansons les plus emblématiques et influentes de Bob Dylan, soulignant son talent pour capturer l’essence même de la condition humaine.