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Behind That Locked Door support in such a scenario: Musically, the song is set in a slow, country-waltz time signature with, as Leng observes, melody and lyrics working "in tandem". Within each couplet, a rising musical figure presents the "problem" (""Why are you still crying?""), while the second line consists of a "falling melodic consolation" (""Your pain is now through""). In his 1980 autobiography, Harrison offers little comment about "Behind That Locked Door", aside from identifying the inspiration behind the song and admitting: "It was a good excuse to do a country tune with pedal steel guitar." Dylan's set at the festival was roundly