You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch
While the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
While the young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatenin my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins
Is this Dylan at his most savage, lyrically? The end in particular is brutal
I think so. Some other songs like “idiot wind” or “positively fourth street” have some savage lines too, but those are mixes of sadness and anger, while this one feels like pure hatred to me. His other political songs often don’t really blame a single person, but the system, which feels less direct. Examples are “hurricane” and “only a pawn in their game”.
I can’t think of any other song where he sings something remotely as savage as “I hope that you die”.