The Times They Are A Changin

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indicates a stronger will and mind set. “For he that gets hurt/Will be he who is stalled,” illustrates that if there is resistance to young people’s ideas against the war in Vietnam, the idea of free love and the distaste for accepted social structures, that peace may not be an option. Dylan goes as far as to say “There’s a battle outside/And its ragin/it’ll soon shake your windows/and rattle your walls.” These stanzas are not literal in the sense of war, but lends emphasis to the will of the revolutionist’s idea. Change will come; the battle is seen between good and bad, yin and yang. Although blood will not be shed, politicians, judges, and other elected officials will be removed from office.
An argument that the battle is not literal is Dylan calling for writers and critics to witness the change around them. “And don’t speak too soon/For the wheels still in spin,” tells the media not to judge too soon ...

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