Carry That Weight Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NorthWriter 

Cover art for Carry That Weight lyrics by Beatles, The

To me, the "I never give you my pillow / I only give you my invitation / and in the middle of the celebrations / I break down" is the saddest, loneliest line. It's being in the middle of what should be the happiest time, a time of success and celebration, and being about as far away from all of that as you could possibly be because of the emotional distance between you and the one person you want close to you.