I've read what Simon has said about it in interviews regarding the chinese menu thing, but i always heard it as being about the break up of the Beatles. There are a number of references to Beatles lyrics ("little darling" from "Here Comes the Sun" and Paul singing "I know they say 'let it be." Along with that, the mother and child reunion is Yoko and John, John having made no secret of his maternal attachment to Yoko my comparing her to his mother in "Julia" and his nickname for her, Mother Superior."
No, I would not give you false hope (of the beatles reuniting
on this strange and mournful day (of the Beatles' breakup)
But the mother and child reunion is only a motion away (john and yoko marriage and subsequent life together)
oh little darling of mine (here comes the sun)
I can;t for the life of me remeber a sadder day (the break up)
I know they said let it be (they being the Beatles)
but it just don't work out that way
and the course of a life time runs over and over again.
I just can't believe it's so,
and though it seems strange to say
I've never been lad so low
in such a mysterious way ( about the shock and sense of loss at the Beatles break up)
I've read what Simon has said about it in interviews regarding the chinese menu thing, but i always heard it as being about the break up of the Beatles. There are a number of references to Beatles lyrics ("little darling" from "Here Comes the Sun" and Paul singing "I know they say 'let it be." Along with that, the mother and child reunion is Yoko and John, John having made no secret of his maternal attachment to Yoko my comparing her to his mother in "Julia" and his nickname for her, Mother Superior."
No, I would not give you false hope (of the beatles reuniting on this strange and mournful day (of the Beatles' breakup) But the mother and child reunion is only a motion away (john and yoko marriage and subsequent life together) oh little darling of mine (here comes the sun) I can;t for the life of me remeber a sadder day (the break up) I know they said let it be (they being the Beatles) but it just don't work out that way and the course of a life time runs over and over again.
I just can't believe it's so, and though it seems strange to say I've never been lad so low in such a mysterious way ( about the shock and sense of loss at the Beatles break up)