Something about the mess of life looking for meaning in song!

 There has been more than a little debate among classic rock DJ and enthusiasts over the real meaning of this including Spiritofthestreets, 

Robertson the main group spoke person...has insisted time and again there is no biblical subtext.
`I most strongly disagree.clear well to my scholar instinct's
However time after time l actually resorts to telling person `music often what you hear, in regard to the meaning behind a lyric`.
Others feel , those who know, select people think he may be deflecting. Consider the following`-;

- The narrator can't find a bed in Nazareth, and the guy to whom he makes an inquiry just smiles and says "no."
- Carmen and the devil were walking side by side, Carmen can go but her friend the devil has to stick around - an allusion to ever-present temptations.
- "Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fall" - possible allusion to Paul on the road to Damascus.
- The most glaring one: "I do believe it's time to get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one who sent me here with her regards for everyone" - Miss Fanny is the one who sent him to Nazareth, but now it's time for him to go back to her; Miss Fanny is God, the "time" in question is the crucifixion, and "regards for everyone" is Jesus dying for all of man's sins.                                    hhhhmmmmmm no not clear or in agreement here...

The "weight" is the load that we shoulder when we take on responsibility or when we try to do good. in relation to others. But it's also the heaviness that presses down on us when we fall into "sin" or wrestle with "temptation.

Of course these are old fashion words maybe understood in post Christian society. Even in 60's.. 

Is it today even a song about a universally human dilemma.

It may be a bit too tidy to say that Biblical, this is where "The Weight" found its inspiration. But it really doesn't matter. This song is more about the mess of life than the neatness; it's about the trials that come with trying to do good, the burdens that accompany acts of kindness and the kindness that, sometimes, flows weirdly out of sin. Life takes a toll, and a simple trip into Nazareth may leave a person's bag "sinkin' low." The closest thing to hope, the closest thing to any sort of redemption, lies less in absolute clarification or relief than in the occasional extension of a helping hand. "Take the load off, Fanny, and put the load right on me.