This song consists of 4 different parts - confinement, desperation, escape and running.
Confinement = stuck inside these 4 walls.
desperation = if I ever get out of here
escape = well, the rain exploded
running = band on the run
The confinement part is very subdued, as if he's given up - it's reflective too. The heart starts beating faster when he's thinking about escaping and the desperation of his situation. Crash!!! The Breakout - the release - you can almost 'feel' the freedom. All that's left is to RUN! For ever more.
Paul said it was intentionally written to have several meanings - could be jail cell or trapped in life.
@Digi-G - Hate to break it to you - but it is a dig at Charles Manson. He was 'possessed' by the Beatles until he did their will, then taunted by them ('boy, you're going to carry that weight a long time', etc.)
@Digi-G - Hate to break it to you - but it is a dig at Charles Manson. He was 'possessed' by the Beatles until he did their will, then taunted by them ('boy, you're going to carry that weight a long time', etc.)
This song consists of 4 different parts - confinement, desperation, escape and running.
Confinement = stuck inside these 4 walls. desperation = if I ever get out of here escape = well, the rain exploded running = band on the run
The confinement part is very subdued, as if he's given up - it's reflective too. The heart starts beating faster when he's thinking about escaping and the desperation of his situation. Crash!!! The Breakout - the release - you can almost 'feel' the freedom. All that's left is to RUN! For ever more.
Paul said it was intentionally written to have several meanings - could be jail cell or trapped in life.
@Digi-G "Sent inside forever". Sounds like he's saying life is a prison for him or could be.
@Digi-G "Sent inside forever". Sounds like he's saying life is a prison for him or could be.
Second verse, sort of wishing he wasn't the famous ex-Beatle.
Second verse, sort of wishing he wasn't the famous ex-Beatle.
"Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash As we fell into the sun"
"Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash As we fell into the sun"
Rain as in a life in misery, the 'sun' could be heroin as that's a slang name for it.
Rain as in a life in misery, the 'sun' could be heroin as that's a slang name for it.
"And the first one said to the second one there I hope you're having fun"
"And the first one said to the second one there I hope you're having fun"
Hoping they're enjoying the drugs.
Hoping they're enjoying the drugs.
"And the jailer man and sailor Sam Were searching every one"
"And the jailer man and sailor Sam Were searching every one"
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Jailer man isn't a prison warder, it's cops and Sailor Sam? Maybe uncle Sam, US coastguard searching everyone for drugs.
Also, McCartney could be using a homophone because the word 'band' is also pronounced the same as the word 'banned'.
Banned on the run. What's banned? Drugs.
@Digi-G - Hate to break it to you - but it is a dig at Charles Manson. He was 'possessed' by the Beatles until he did their will, then taunted by them ('boy, you're going to carry that weight a long time', etc.)
@Digi-G - Hate to break it to you - but it is a dig at Charles Manson. He was 'possessed' by the Beatles until he did their will, then taunted by them ('boy, you're going to carry that weight a long time', etc.)