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REMareback July 8th, 2008 03:59PM  
I can't believe nobody has discussed this song, it's one of my favourite Bob Dylan songs.
It's about the breakdown of Dylan's marriage, he said it took him two years to write and ten years to live. It pays no attention to time, mixing up a time line with each verse.
First Verse: It's the present, he woke up in bed and reflected on what went wrong.
Second Verse: It's the past, as they broke up, it's the exact details of the break up.
Third Verse: It's directly after the second verse, what happened to him after they broke up.
Fourth Verse: It goes back to the very beginning of the time line, when he first met the girl.
Fifth Verse: Follows from the fourth, when he first met her.
Sixth Verse: After they met it's detail of their life together, and how it didn't work out.
Seventh Verse: It's back to the present, how he's going after her, and hints that all their arguments weren't worthwhile.
So in chronological order it's:
4th Verse, 5th Verse, 6th Verse, 2nd verse, 1st verse, last verse.
And the meaning of Tangled up in Blue as a phrase, it means stuck to the same girl, whether he likes it or not, why it's blue I don't no. Tangled doesn't entirely give a positive image, you don't really want to be tangled in something.

This was my first interpretation on this website, please tell me how it was, was it a load of garbage or was it a decent interpretation?