Two references to John Lennon, or at least the Beatles: "imagine" and "brown shoes" (although Old Brown Shoe was written by George Harrison, but who shared Lennon's hippie utopia mindset), as well as references deriding his vision in Imagine of everyone living freely and "You may say I'm a dreamer" in the line "A man with a dream".
I think the gun reference - "unhand that gun begone, there's no one to fire it upon" replies to pointing fingers at others (as pointing at others tends to look like the gun position kids use when playing cops and robbers) and that there's no one who is deserving of blame (having the accusation targeted at them).
Thus the "if he's holding it high, he's telling a lie" means if he's pointing it at those high up, especially someone who would hold a "bed-in" protest at the Amsterdam Hilton, like Lennon, (or as if he is higher and better than everyone else), he's a hypocrite.
Two references to John Lennon, or at least the Beatles: "imagine" and "brown shoes" (although Old Brown Shoe was written by George Harrison, but who shared Lennon's hippie utopia mindset), as well as references deriding his vision in Imagine of everyone living freely and "You may say I'm a dreamer" in the line "A man with a dream".
I think the gun reference - "unhand that gun begone, there's no one to fire it upon" replies to pointing fingers at others (as pointing at others tends to look like the gun position kids use when playing cops and robbers) and that there's no one who is deserving of blame (having the accusation targeted at them).
Thus the "if he's holding it high, he's telling a lie" means if he's pointing it at those high up, especially someone who would hold a "bed-in" protest at the Amsterdam Hilton, like Lennon, (or as if he is higher and better than everyone else), he's a hypocrite.
a very well-thought out and insightful comment.thanks for taking the time to post it!
a very well-thought out and insightful comment.thanks for taking the time to post it!
@ImaniOU How exactly does holding a "bed-in" make someone a hypocrite? Do you even know what the word means?
@ImaniOU How exactly does holding a "bed-in" make someone a hypocrite? Do you even know what the word means?
@ImaniOU I’ve always thought the “Brown shoe” reference was to Frank Zappa’s “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”.
@ImaniOU I’ve always thought the “Brown shoe” reference was to Frank Zappa’s “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”.
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What an odd interpretation.
What an odd interpretation.