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March 7, 2013 by Bryan Christman

Bob Dylan’s “Land of permanent bliss” – The irony of human desire and false utopias

Sweetheart

There’s only one step down from here, baby
It’s called the land of permanent bliss
What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this? Continue reading →

Posted in Blaise Pascal, Bob Dylan, Darkness, Music, Peace
Tagged Bible, Blaise Pascal, Bliss, Bob Dylan, Darkness, Desires, False Peace, God shaped vacuum, Human condition, Idolatry, Infinite Abyss, Irony, Parable, Paradise, Salvation, Sex, Sweetheart Like You, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, The Doobie Brothers, Utopia, Whorehouse
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