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Beware Of Darkness Lyrics
Watch out now, take care
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips
Beware of darkness
Watch out now, take care
Beware of the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night
Beware of sadness
It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for
Watch out now, take care
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of mire
Watch out now, take care
Beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While Weeping Atlas Cedars
They just want to grow, grow and grow
Beware of darkness
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips
Beware of darkness
Beware of the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night
It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of mire
Beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While Weeping Atlas Cedars
They just want to grow, grow and grow
Beware of darkness
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It's telling you to be wary of the material darkness and illusion ('maya') that's all around us, and not to forget the true meaning of life; devotion to the lord Sri Krsna, or God.
Beware of Darkness is an incredibly important song...Harrison was sharing his learned, intuitive wisdom with us...don't waste your precious 3-D Illusory, physical lives in the 5 senses to money, work, worries, debts, appointments and worthless consumer goods. Just remember that we were created out of LOVE for the sole purpose of LOVING! Linear Time is merely an illusion, it cannot exist when all matter is merely empty space that pops in and out of existence whenever we focus upon it.
So, get back to the land...opt out of organized societies and cities...fend for your own needs, and thus define your own wants...not what some Ad or TV show tells you to desire. Discovering who you are and the things that you actually like are recipes for success and happiness, which is the light. Belonging to others (and their systems of belief) will lead you into the darkness. This song is actually the precursor to "The Art of Dying", where Harrison warned us that unless we ascend here in the Maya to a level of Loving everyone and everything in the moment, we are doomed to repeat this cycle (Samsara) as mere victims who continually experience Death...
I encourage everyone to re-listen to the entire album and let his words encourage you to research the actual truths behind our existence, which you will NEVER find in a school textbook! Like John Mayer said, "they read all the books but they can't find the answers..."
It seems fairly straightforward, don't dwell too much in darkness, pain, suffering, etc. While they may be useful tools for personal growth, they need to be overcome to reap benefits. Also, self-awareness: don't be a shoe-shuffler wandering aimlessly-try to realize yourself
Great song .... I think its meaning is simple - beware of all the pinheads that will rip you off or lead you astray ... They are all around you....
Is there anywhere I can get the lyrics to the acoustic version of this song? Instead of the line, "Beware of Maya," the acoustic one says something that sounds like, "Beware of labcoats," but I'm pretty sure that's not it. I can't figure it out and it's driving me nuts.
"Beware of ABKCO". 3 years after manager Brian Epstein's death, 3 of the 4 Beatles, all except Paul, voted to sign with Allen B. Klein, who managed Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin, and The Rolling Stones (among others) in the late 60's. His company was called ABKCO. The relationship went sour rather quickly, and George jokingly got his digs in during an early take of the song. Wikipedia's page on ABKCO has some amusing details about this.
"Beware of ABKCO". 3 years after manager Brian Epstein's death, 3 of the 4 Beatles, all except Paul, voted to sign with Allen B. Klein, who managed Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin, and The Rolling Stones (among others) in the late 60's. His company was called ABKCO. The relationship went sour rather quickly, and George jokingly got his digs in during an early take of the song. Wikipedia's page on ABKCO has some amusing details about this.
I adore this song, but have never quite understood it. Can anyone shine some light on any of the lyrics? I mean the 'beware of greedy leaders' and 'beware of darkness' speaks for itself but some of the lyrics are pretty complex! Any ideas?
@:-) CharlieFreak shed light on it. Re-read the posts
@:-) CharlieFreak shed light on it. Re-read the posts
Beware of MAYA! That stuff will get ya.
Thoughts that seem real (worry, fear, etc) yet are not real at all...
I wonder if this song was an attack on the other Beatles.
soft shoe shuffler - John greedy leaders - Paul swingers - Ringo
something to thing about...
This is an incredibly powerful and meaningful song. I think the general gist is that we have the ability to keep our heads above water by consciously remaining on the lookout for things that will drown us.
I love this song, especially when it goes into the "It can hit you..." part. Oh, so excellent.