Yeah, I'm here. I'm always one or two steps to the left when Bob is around...

He has said himself that he never listens to his recordings, and that they are just like a snapshot. They're a collection of musical moments that happened on one day or one several days. Every time you play the song it's different.

"Time Out of Mind" was a pretty heavy album, but it was just a momentary snapshot, not an all-time admission of despair.

You want some inspiration, read the amazing interview with Bob in the L.A. Times recently, on this thread...

Dylan in the LA Times