What does "I Shall Be Released" Mean?

The title of my blog is "I Shall Be Released". Perhaps my first ever post back in February should have addressed this. I was sitting with some friends, one of whom, was helping me set up my blog. The first thing that came to mind was a song by Bob Dylan that I had been listening to. On the album "The Last Waltz" by "The Band", there is a compilation including Dylan, The Band, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr, Van Morrison and Eric Clapton to name a few. The song that closes out the last performance was Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released". About a year and a half ago, I was listening to the album almost constantly. Recently, I examined the lyrics, and I found as I have with many a Dylan song, I am not quite sure what the heck he was talking about. But the greatest songs transcend time and space, and for me, "I Shall Be Released" just speaks of the freedom from the bondage that Christ offers. I am blown away by the victories He has won in my life! And the lyrics seem to point to a time "any day now" that the freedom will be apparent. The old self falls away. It has for me, and sometimes I'm not quite sure how. So that day, when my friend Jason asked me to come up with a title, that was what rolled off my tongue. Check out the entire album, or the DVD which was brilliantly directed by Martin Scorsese. The musicianship is something to behold. Blessings my friends.