need a bit of clearin up here. (lyrics, great song, Paul McCartney)

dog · 01-14-2005, 08:29 AM

lennon's song 'how do u sleep at night' has really weird lyrics, obviously talkin about paul mccartney. wat do the lyrics mean?

here they are:

So sgt. pepper took you by
surprise
you better see right through that
mother's eyes
those freaks was right when they
said you was you was dead
the one mistake you made was
in your head
how do you sleep?
ah how do you sleep at night?
you live with straights who tell
you you was king
jum when your mamma tell
you anything
the only thing you done was
yesterday
and since you've gone it's just
another day
how do you sleep?
ah how do you sleep at night?
a pretty face may last a year
or two
but pretty soon they'll see
what you can do
the sound you make is muzak
to my ears
you must have learned
something all those years
how do you sleep?
ah how do you sleep at night?

fukn weird..

blackTshirt · 01-15-2005, 01:02 AM

the "fu*kin weird" part of the song is definitely about Paul McCartney

itchytasty · 01-15-2005, 10:10 AM

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=42608

a few interpretations...

~~bungalow~~ · 10-28-2005, 09:55 PM

when it says
"the only thing you done was, yesterday"
is a refrence to the song yestreday
"those freaks was right when they said, you was dead"
is refrencing the Paul is dead conspiracy and all the death clues and whatnot
"a pretty face will last a , year or two"
is refrencing how paul was the "cute" beatle...but talentless
"you live with straights who tell you, you is king"
is saying that paul surrounds himself with people who tell him he was the best beatle as well as how he tells himself tha

could go on but...too lazy
i think john wrote this on impulse...it isnt a great song and later on he and paul make up...it was just a little hissy fit between the two of them

TheBig3 · 10-28-2005, 10:05 PM

I'll write no dispariging words about dead men, point is, if any living man wrote that I would lampoon them for being a bitch.

01-14-2005, 08:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
dog this bird has flown Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: paris,texas Posts: 860	need a bit of clearin up here. lennon's song 'how do u sleep at night' has really weird lyrics, obviously talkin about paul mccartney. wat do the lyrics mean? here they are: So sgt. pepper took you by surprise you better see right through that mother's eyes those freaks was right when they said you was you was dead the one mistake you made was in your head how do you sleep? ah how do you sleep at night? you live with straights who tell you you was king jum when your mamma tell you anything the only thing you done was yesterday and since you've gone it's just another day how do you sleep? ah how do you sleep at night? a pretty face may last a year or two but pretty soon they'll see what you can do the sound you make is muzak to my ears you must have learned something all those years how do you sleep? ah how do you sleep at night? fukn weird.. __________________ formerly ledzeppelinrulz. http://theraffinkids.bandcamp.com/ music^

01-15-2005, 01:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
blackTshirt The Randomness Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: romania.. shut up Posts: 854	the "fu*kin weird" part of the song is definitely about Paul McCartney __________________ My rims never spin, to the contrary You'll find that they're quite stationary.

10-28-2005, 10:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I'll write no dispariging words about dead men, point is, if any living man wrote that I would lampoon them for being a bitch. __________________ I've moved to a new address

01-15-2005, 10:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
itchytasty meh Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: At the Mountains of Madness Posts: 293	http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=42608 a few interpretations...

10-28-2005, 09:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	when it says "the only thing you done was, yesterday" is a refrence to the song yestreday "those freaks was right when they said, you was dead" is refrencing the Paul is dead conspiracy and all the death clues and whatnot "a pretty face will last a , year or two" is refrencing how paul was the "cute" beatle...but talentless "you live with straights who tell you, you is king" is saying that paul surrounds himself with people who tell him he was the best beatle as well as how he tells himself tha could go on but...too lazy i think john wrote this on impulse...it isnt a great song and later on he and paul make up...it was just a little hissy fit between the two of them