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The End Lyrics
Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
John Lennon, Paul Mccartney
Producer
George Martin
Release date
Sep 26, 1969
Sentiment
Positive
Submitted by
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Props to Ringo's awesome drum solo with the constant bass drum. I think Abbey Road was the Beatles best rock album and it was the hright of the Beatles popularity and inspiration to countless artists. George Harrison has very good tone on his guitar and has soem sick solos in this song. The meaning of the last line is the more you give the more you get. (as Paul mentions when he was a guest on SNL) "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" - JFK
@Nolesy101 I was just listening to this and wonder if that was really George Harrison, seemed very different from his typical playing
@Nolesy101 I was just listening to this and wonder if that was really George Harrison, seemed very different from his typical playing
"Hey...remember that song...n it goes...'the love you take is equal to the love you make'....ya...ya remember that?"
"Yea"
"uh... is that true?"
lol SNL Chris Farely Show feat. Sir Paul McCartney lol i love it
It makes me cry to think of it, and I was never a big Chris Farley fan. But if you look at the clip, he can't contain his excitement to do the sketch. He can't believe he's really sitting next to Paul McCartney. It's touching, and sad that he's gone.
It makes me cry to think of it, and I was never a big Chris Farley fan. But if you look at the clip, he can't contain his excitement to do the sketch. He can't believe he's really sitting next to Paul McCartney. It's touching, and sad that he's gone.
@SpongeBunny - If Chris Farley were still alive and if I ever got the chance to meet him, I would asked him "remember when you did that skit with Paul McCartney?" Then say" that was pretty cool"
@SpongeBunny - If Chris Farley were still alive and if I ever got the chance to meet him, I would asked him "remember when you did that skit with Paul McCartney?" Then say" that was pretty cool"
The message here is that what goes around comes around. Create Love and you will get love in return(in time). What you give is what you get. It also makes you think positive and shows that it can work in the negative too.
words to live by.
I suspect Lennon & McCartney are mocking The Nature Boy's moral: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" See, The End lyrics can even be sung to The Nature Boy tune: "And 'in the end The love you take Is e'qual To the love That you make!" :)
I suspect Lennon & McCartney are mocking The Nature Boy's moral: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" See, The End lyrics can even be sung to The Nature Boy tune: "And 'in the end The love you take Is e'qual To the love That you make!" :)
@alluneedislove 'Man cannot live by words alone' -- Daffy Duck
@alluneedislove 'Man cannot live by words alone' -- Daffy Duck
"And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make" = You take out what you put in
I can't think of a more appropriate line to end their last real studio album*
This line was meant to be a send off, kind of like Paul knew that this was going to be it...I feel like this was his way of saying, "It's been fun, but it's time to go!"
At the same time it's a look into how much the groups growing differences effected Paul. He loved everything about making music with these guys and he knew that they couldn't keep their differences from ripping them apart any longer. Lots of people blame Paul for the break up because he was the one that officially called it off but I think he was just following through on what they were all feeling at the time...
I don't know that's my opinion on the matter
great song, great album, great band...
*I know Let It Be came after Abbey Road, but Abbey Road was the last album where they all worked together
It was Yoko.
It was Yoko.
@SpaceManSpiff02 And yet Paul couldn't even begin to practice what he preached when it came to Ms. Ono
@SpaceManSpiff02 And yet Paul couldn't even begin to practice what he preached when it came to Ms. Ono
Such a short song. Its brevity is possibly its strength. The hokum line about receiving what you give is so entirely pat as to be ludicrous. Only the 1960s could give such a wishy-washy, idealistic phrase any importance - and only The Beatles could make it seem so profound, because, really, 'in the end', you're really as good as your health. Love is also not 'all you need': just try not breathing or eating for a while to bring that one home. This song works as part of the 'suit' it's in. The fragmentary nature of the suit works because George Martin was excellent at his job. John Lennon's 'Polythene Pam' and 'Mean Mr. Mustard' are equally brilliant (or more so). Unfortunately, the 'Her Majesty' is a ridiculous and pointless afterthought that ruins the running of the album that should've stopped with 'The End' (thanks, Paul). But Mr. McCartney can do no wrong, apparently, so I take that back ... not
yeah it is, weezerific. Basically what I think this song is saying is that after you've lived your entire life and made many mistakes and had many successes, the only thing that you'll really see is the love that you've recieved and the love that you've given.
but hadn't they been mocking The Nature Boy here, even keeping the metre?
but hadn't they been mocking The Nature Boy here, even keeping the metre?
What you get out of life is what you put into it.
It is fitting that THE END is the last song on the last album the Beatles recorded together. (Even though LET IT BE was released later).
@Ferthuko - What about Her Majesty- was it left off some versions, I know I wore a casette of the recording and thought The End was the last song as you did, but I see that Her Majesty is on Sptify's version as well as others
@Ferthuko - What about Her Majesty- was it left off some versions, I know I wore a casette of the recording and thought The End was the last song as you did, but I see that Her Majesty is on Sptify's version as well as others
@Ferthuko ... as long as you don't listen to 'Her Majesty' after it
@Ferthuko ... as long as you don't listen to 'Her Majesty' after it
exactly, song4julia. such simple words, but the meaning behind it is incredible.