Bob Dylan (1989)
Bob Dylan’s song “Political World” critiques the modern political landscape, highlighting themes of materialism, the absence of love, and the loss of wisdom and courage in society. It reflects a disillusionment with politics, suggesting that it often prioritizes power over morality and spirituality.
“One night when everyone was asleep and I was sitting at the kitchen table, nothing on the hillside but a shiny bed of lights – all that changed. I wrote about twenty verses for a song called ‘Political World’ and this was about the first of twenty songs I would write in the next month or so…With the song I thought I might have broken through to something. It was like when you wake up from a deep and drugged slumber and somebody strikes a little silver gong and you come to your senses”.
– Bob Dylan
