Some write here that they idolize John Lennon and this song is painful for them to hear. I think, if I understand his overall messages, that he would have said "Good -- stop idolizing me. I don't have the whole truth any more than any other person, or book, or ideology. All I have is my story, and I tell it in my music."
The great and beautiful thing about JL is that he left us, through his art, the story of a human being searching for the truth. And that includes all sides of him -- the transcendent, the playful, the painful, the bitter.
The breakup was terrifying and painful. What JL wrote here was not noble, or kind, but an honest record of his low point. I'd say that anyone who claims s/he can't identify with that, is not being terribly honest with him/herself.
Some write here that they idolize John Lennon and this song is painful for them to hear. I think, if I understand his overall messages, that he would have said "Good -- stop idolizing me. I don't have the whole truth any more than any other person, or book, or ideology. All I have is my story, and I tell it in my music."
The great and beautiful thing about JL is that he left us, through his art, the story of a human being searching for the truth. And that includes all sides of him -- the transcendent, the playful, the painful, the bitter.
The breakup was terrifying and painful. What JL wrote here was not noble, or kind, but an honest record of his low point. I'd say that anyone who claims s/he can't identify with that, is not being terribly honest with him/herself.
I love you.
I love you.