False Prophet (song)
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"False Prophet" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the second track on his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways. It was released as the album's third and final single on May 8, 2020
False Prophet
Mother of Muses
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"Mother of Muses" is a song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and released as the seventh track on his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. It is a spare and meditative aco
False Prophet (song)
…the lyrics to "False Prophet" in relation to classical antiquity, which factors into other songs on Rough and Rowdy Ways more overtly (especially "Mother of Muses" and "Crossing the Rubicon"): He sees the lines "I'm first among equals, second to none" as a reference to Augustus Caesar being "proud of his claim…
The engraving on the back of Dylan's Nobel medal, which may have inspired "Mother of Muses"