Pepper was a real band. adunit_id: 100001411, With a Little Help from My Friends Lyrics . Non-lyrical content copyright 1999-2020 SongMeanings, Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, With a Little Help from My Friends song meanings. Song meanings ©2003-2020 lyricinterpretations.com. It opens with the title track, then segues into "With A Little Help From My Friends. What do you see when you turn out the lights, I believe, refers to a one night stand, which is why the question is posed, do you believe in love at first sight. (Does it worry you to be alone?) Lyrics submitted by All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. The album was recorded as if Sgt. It’s super easy, we promise! Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends. }; Maybe they were high when they wrote it. ", but Ringo Starr declined to sing this because he feared people would really throw tomatoes at them if they'd ever perform live again. Maybe they weren't. Then he begins to sing this song. Pepper's, the song before this, it says "So may I introduce to you, the one and only Billy Shears". (Are you sad because you're on your own?) The whole group was all easily upset because they were on the road so much. The lead singer is hurt and the only reason why everyone believes that the friends are actual friends is because the other vocalists harmonize in response to his question for help. They want to help him find love again but he says it can't be anybody he needs that 'special somebody'. This song is seamlessly connected to the previous one on the album. The phrase simply means "listen". "Lend me your ears" is borrowed from a play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare where it appears in the speech "Friends, Romans, countrymen". What do I do when my love is away? Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. They also help him vent about how much he need s the person he loves (whose either gone forever or is somewhere very far from him). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise). This song is about how much fun you can have with a friend and how they can really pick you up(get you by), I think this song was written when the Beatles were having tough times and were thinking of splitting. McCartney said. (Are you sad because you're on your own?) Think about it, in Sgt. (Does it worry you to be alone?) it's at this point when the controversy between the band started, and that this album was a short foreshadowing of that. (function() { The Beatles – With a Little Help from My Friends, With a Little Help from My Friends Lyrics. I don't think there's always a meaning so deep for all songs. var opts = { / Would you stand up and walk out on me? Three other artists achieved that: Sgt. The beginning of this song where it talks about singing out of tune is a refrence to Bob Dylan, the "musician who couldn't hold a tune" because the Beatles smoked marijauna for the first time ever with Bob Dylan in New York in 1964. artist: "Beatles", How do I feel by the end of the day? I feel this song is actually about them getting over the hardships of what they've gone through, such as Brien Epstein's recent death at this point. The Beatles – With a Little Help from My Friends. I just turn out the lights and it's all good. It's really not a sad song but one of affirmation , to be sung joyfully, This is dealing with the relationship of the band, Yoko, and Linda McCartney. song: "With A Little Help From My Friends", The 'friends' are drugs that get you by and make all the pain go away. How do I feel by the end of the day? They also help him vent about how much he need s the person he loves (whose either gone forever or is somewhere very far from him). I think that everybody over-thinks things like this. /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */ Only they really know the meaning. This is uplifting in a melancholy way. This song was on top on the UK charts three times, but it wasn't performed by The Beatles then. Ringo always the sort of loner was assured he would not be an outcast after the breakup and he would remain popular with help from the other 3. "Billy Shears" is Ringo Starr's character in the fictional Sgt. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote this song specifically for Ringo Starr. In his Anthology he recalled. })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); this simply has to do with a guy trying to live happily without his true love and his friends helping him get by happily. this simply has to do with a guy trying to live happily without his true love and his friends helping him get by happily. / What would you think if I sang out of tune? How do I feel by the end of the day Are you sad because you're on your own? Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. It made some difficulties for radio DJs to play them separately. This is also the "Peace and Love" song for the group. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends Mmm, I get high with a little help from my friends Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends What do I do when my love is away Does it worry you to be alone? This is most definitely about drugs. (Hold up your peace fingers and do a scissors thing). How could you sleep with this person? All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. Billy Shears was a made up name that was used to signify the peace sign. With a Little Help from My Friends Lyrics: Billy Shears! didn't anyone notice the lyrics are wrong -.- might be just me but isn't it "what would u do" not "what would u think"? I think the line "would do you see when you turn off the lights", " I can't tell you but I know that its mine" has to do with a certain dream in the group probably Lennon he was like that. One of the first lines of this song had originally a lyric "Would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me? "Beatles drummer Ringo Starr sang lead, introduced as "Billy Shears," a name chosen because it sounded good and played up the idea that the group was in character. Don’t have an account? Well, Ringo rarely sang, he was pretty much the lost Beatle. What if they just wanted to write a song about friends, and how they're there for you? document.write('
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