| John Lennon – How Do You Sleep? Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise?" - I think this should be read as a question. John is saying to Paul "So it took you by surprise that Sgt. Pepper was a hit?" Like telling him that he knew it would be a hit. The next line, still in the same context - "You better see right through that mother's (mother****er's) eyes." - is like saying "you better be satisfied with 'your' Sgt Pepper because the rest of ehat you did is crap." "A pretty face may last a year or two but pretty soon they'll see what you can do." - This is about Paul being supposedly the one all the girls fancied in the beginning because of his 'puppydog eyes' or whatever. |
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| John Lennon – Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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'Sanpaku' means "three areas empty" or "staying three days" but is a Japanese term used to describe a medical condition in which the whites of the eyes can be seen between the pupil and the lower eyelid when a person looks straight ahead. People suffering from sanpaku are said to have a 'spiritual imbalance' which could manifest itself in chronic fatigue, poor instinctive reactions, lack of sense of humour, insomnia, etc. I think John meant this - he was on heroin half the time so it makes sense - but I think it is a pretty obscure Japanese term. |
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