Popular music had never had lyrical sophistication of this type [like Bob Dylan]; wit, to be sure, but "Darkness at the break of noon<br>Shadows even the silver spoon<br>The handmade blade, the child's balloon<br>Eclipses both the sun and moon<br>To understand you know too soon<br> There is no sense in trying"? No.
I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.