"The Wicked Messenger" is a song written and originally performed by Bob Dylan for his album John Wesley Harding.
It features a repetitive descending bass line that carries the song, and the most prominent instrument used is Bob Dylan's acoustic guitar.
[4] [In the song] the character first appears in public, unbidden, as an obsessive[...] The wicked messenger is the artist, the prophet, the protest singer.
[5]Dylan was studying the Bible at the time, and he used many biblical reference in the songs on the John Wesley Harding album.
[6] His mother, Beatty Zimmerman, revealed in an interview at this time: In his house in Woodstock today, there's a huge Bible open on a stand in the middle of his study.