what do you want from me jerrod niemann lyrics meaning?
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 " Love and Peace or Else " 

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 Interpretations of the song 's meaning vary from one listener to the next ; some people view it as a song about love and desire , while others understand it as a political metaphor , the lyrics being addressed as much to the Chinese nation as to a girlfriend . University of Florida scholar Jonathan Matusitz describes the song 's lyrics as a means of expressing politically sensitive ideas that could not be stated through any other medium . In this interpretation , the lyrics near the beginning , " I 've asked you without end / When will you go with me / But you always laughed at me / for having nothing to my name " ( " 我曾经问个不休 / 你何时跟我走 / 可你却总是笑我 / 一无所有 " ) are taken to express the " humiliation and lack of individuality , possession , and personal freedom " , the " sense of loss and disorientation " among China 's youth in the 1980s . Ethnomusicologist Timothy Brace has described this common analysis of the song lyrics as " recast [ ing ] the setting of this piece from that of a boy talking to his girlfriend to that of a youthful generation talking to the nation as a whole . " The ambiguity is heightened by the structure of the phrase yī wú suŏ yŏu , an idiomatic chengyu . It literally means " to have nothing " and has no grammatical subject . Therefore , it can be interpreted as meaning " I have nothing " ( implying that it is a song about two people ) , or " we have nothing " ( understanding it as social commentary ) . 

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 The song has a bright , expansive melody and has become famous in particular for its surrealistic imagery , influenced by artists as diverse as French poet Arthur Rimbaud and Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini . The lyrics call on the title character to play a song and the narrator will follow . Interpretations of the lyrics have included a paean to drugs such as LSD , a call to the singer 's muse , a reflection of the audience 's demands on the singer , and religious interpretations . Dylan 's song has four verses , of which The Byrds only used the second for their recording . Dylan 's and The Byrds ' versions have appeared on various lists ranking the greatest songs of all time , including an appearance by both on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 best songs ever . Both versions also received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards . 

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 ( First verse ) : Harbor of a thousand ships / Forger of a nation 's fleet / Gateway to the New World / Where ocean and river meet 

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 From the extended version on paper , Dylan crafted four verses and the chorus in Woodstock , New York . In 2014 , when the handwritten lyrics were put up for auction , the four @-@ page manuscript revealed that the full refrain of the chorus does not appear until the fourth page . A rejected third line , " like a dog without a bone " gives way to " now you ’ re unknown " . Earlier , Dylan had considered working the name Al Capone into the rhyme scheme , and he attempted to construct a rhyme scheme for " how does it feel ? " , penciling in " it feels real , " " does it feel real , " " shut up and deal , " " get down and kneel " and " raw deal . " The song was written on an upright piano in the key of G sharp and was changed to C on the guitar in the recording studio . 
