An ochre paper pinwheel and a brown feather rest on a small square of lilac paper.

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Bob Dylan

The first way to answer the questions in the song is by asking them. But lots of people have to first find the wind.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker treats asking questions as the beginning of answering them, then adds the puzzling requirement of finding the wind. The thought places attention on the search before any solution appears. Its unfinished metaphor leaves room for uncertainty about what an answer would actually require.

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