Come Together
For some reason, the whole song seems to be about a dead
person and describes certain aspects of what happens to
a corpse.
"Here
come ole' flat top."
A reference to Paul's decapitation?
"He
got jo-jo eyeball."
Sunken eyes, like as mentioned in the song Blackbird on
the White Album.
"He
wear no shoe-shine."
Paul is barefoot on the front cover,
thus has no need for 'shoe shine'. Could this therefore
mean that this song is referring to him?
"He
got toe-jam football."
Toe-jam football is apparently slang for rugby which is
a sport that Paul played quite well. In fact, one of his
old rugby trophies can be seen on the front cover of the
Sgt. Pepper LP. Is this
a further indication that this song is about Paul?
"He
got monkey finger."
When you die the muscles in your hands contract to become
very claw like like a monkeys hand.
"He
one spinal cracker."
Was Paul's back also broken in the explosion?
"Hold
you in his armchair you can feel his disease."
Another possible reference to death.
"He
roller coaster."
This could be seen as a play-on-words to Paul's song Helter
Skelter, or possibly how Paul was trying so hard to keep
control of the car as Rita jumped all over him.
"He
say 'one and one and one is three'."
A hint at how many original band members are left?
"Got
to be good lookin' cos he's so hard to see."
Paul was known as 'the cute one', and thus is this John
saying that the replacement also had to be good looking
otherwise people would twig the switch?
"Come
together right now over me."
Could this be a referral to a funeral congregation where
the gathering come together over the grave? Is this sung
in the perspective of Paul?
Oh! Darling
"Oh darling. Please believe
me."
If
this part of the song is played backwards we're given the
message "In he lives me." Since this is Paul singing
this, could this be Paul's double telling us that the spirit
of Paul lives within him, that he is effectively Paul? It's
interesting that this is being said when, on the reverse,
Paul is telling us to believe him.
You Never Give Me
Your Money
"Yellow lorry slow, nowhere
to go."
Is this what happened after McCartney ran the red light?
There was a yellow lorry going to slowly and there was no
possibility of getting out of the way? According to the
story, Paul collided with this lorry which caused him to
smash into the telegraph pole.
"Step
on the gas and wipe that tear away."
Was the crash a hit-and-run offence? Did the lorry see what
happened and out of shock step on it and drive away? Perhaps
it's a reference to William who drove away from his old
life knowing that he could never go back to it.
"1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, all good children go to heaven."
The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, when added together,
equal 28 - the age Paul was when he was killed (See the
Abbey Road front cover for
details). Therefore, could this be a cryptic message to
say that someone who's 28 is in heaven?
Sun King
This song draws its name from historical literature. The
Sun King was a name given to King Louis XIV of France. This
powerful monarch was the subject of Alexander Dumar’s
‘Man in the Iron Mask’, a piece of historical
fiction about a twin brother of Louis who was sentenced
to wearing an iron mask to prevent his public identification.
However, the twin ended up replacing the real Louis without
anyone but his closest associates knowing. The whole scenario
eeriely resembles the theory of Paul being replaced, and
the whole ordeal being covered up.
She Came in Through
the Bathroom Window
"And so I quit the police
department, got myself a steady job."
According to the story, William Campbell was originally
a police officer in Ontario, Canada before he won the look-alike
competition. Therefore, could this be a reference to what
happened to William afterwards? Being Paul was probably
the steadiest job ever - they're hardly likely to fire him,
are they?
Golden Slumbers /
Carry That Weight / The End
This final trio of songs at the end of the album are pretty
interesting. Could they be telling the story of what happened
to the group when Paul was killed? Golden Slumbers is like
a long sleep - or perhaps death? Carry That Weight could
be seen as the weight of a coffin, or possibly the weight
of the guilt caused by deceiving the fans. And finally The
End - the end of Paul or the end of the original line up?
