Back in the USSR
"'ere Yoko, 'ave this bass.
Paul won't need it where 'e's goin'."
This is supposedly said at the end of the song during the
final few bars before the fade out. I've listened to the
ending several times and seperated both stereo channels
to listen to them seperately and there is some mumbling
at the end but I can't make it out. This sentence was mentioned
in a reliable book which is why I've included it, but I
just can't hear it. Has anybody else had more luck?
Glass Onion
A 'glass onion' is said to be slang for a crystal ball through
which many mysteries can be solved. Therefore, could this
song hold the answers to the Paul is Dead conspiracy?
"I
told you about Strawberry Fields."
Remember, in the Strawberry Fields fade out where John says
"I buried Paul"?
"Looking
through the bent back tulips to see how the other half live."
A reference to Paul's grave?
"I
told you about the walrus and me man. I tell you we're as
close as can be man. Well here's another clue for you all.
The walrus was Paul."
Even though both John and Paul both like playing their "I'm
the walrus" game, here's John finally admitting that
the walrus was Paul. The strange thing however is that if
you play the line "The walrus was Paul" backwards
it gives the message "Paul was the walrus". This
direct-reversal is said to ultimately confirm what is being
said.
"Lady
Madonna trying to make ends meet."
Why is the song 'Lady Madonna' being referenced here? Is
it possible that this was the first song that William sang
vocals on? If you listen to some of the 1965 recordings
of Paul singing they do sound noticably different.
"I
told you about the fool on the hill."
Hang on a minute, John didn't tell us about the Fool on
the Hill, Paul did! Why therefore is John saying
that he told us about it? Could it be that it was in fact
John who wrote the song specifically for William to sing?
"Trying
to make a dove-tail joint."
Dove-tail joints are the ones used in the construction of
coffins, or at least were back in the 60's. Relevant?
While My Guitar Gently
Weeps
"Paul, Paul, Paul, Paul..."
At the end of the song, during Eric Claptons second solo
George starts wailing what sounds a lot like the name 'Paul'
into the mic, almost in anguish. Why is George wailing Paul's
name?
Happiness is a Warm
Gun
"Down to the bits that I
left uptown."
A cryptic reference to Paul's remains at the crash site?
I'm So Tired
According to the legend, a song was written by each surviving
Beatle as a tribute to their dearly departed bass player.
This was John's and in it he tells of his mental anguish
over losing his friend. He can't sleep, his mind is on the
blank. He'd give him everything he had for a peace of mind.
"Paul
is dead man. Miss him, miss him, miss him!."
At the very end of the song, just before Blackbird starts
we can hear John quietly mumbling something into the mic.
Played forwards this mumbling is incoherent and makes no
sense. However, if it's played backwards we can clearly
hear John saying "Paul is dead man. Miss him, miss
him, miss him!"
Blackbird
"Take these broken wings
and learn to fly."
Possibly a message from William about how he felt when he
became the new McCartney?
"Take
these sunken eyes and learn to see."
Again, another message? It's also interesting to remember
here that when a person dies their eyes sink back into the
skull as the muscles relax, thus giving a more sinister
meaning to the line.
Don't Pass Me By
According to the legend, a song was written by each surviving
Beatle as a tribute to their dearly departed bass player.
This was Ringo's and in it he tells of how he's sat waiting
for someone to arrive. He's sitting and listening for their
footsteps but the don't arrive. Could this be Ringo waiting
for Paul to turn up to make peace over the arguement they
had that night. But Paul never made it and Ringo tells us
why...
"I'm
sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair. You were in a
car crash and you lost your hair..."
"Don't
pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue."
If this line is played backwards we can hear the message "Who'd
we pay for now? We pay for now? It's that one". Perhaps this
strange message is telling us that William wasn't the first guy
they paid to replace McCartney? |
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Why
Don't We Do It in the Road?
"Why
don't we do it in the road?"
If this lyric is played backwards we get the message "Paul,
really dead. I really want it out." Is this implying that Paul's
replacement is tiring of the deceit and really wants the world to
know what really happened? |
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Birthday
"I
would like you to dance. (Birthday) Take a cha-cha-cha-chance."
If this line of lyric is played backwards
we get the message "He's
dead, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. (Dead, dead) He's dead, we sing hallelujah." |
Yer Blues
"Paul McCartney, wanna die."
During the final part of the song we can hear John just
barely audibly singing in the background. It sounds like
he's singing 'Paul McCartney, wanna die!'. Are these his
sentiments to the new McCartney replacement, or is this
song of depression about him losing another person close
in his life?
Mother Natures Son
"Find me in my field of grass."
Could the field of grass be a cemetary? After all, that's
the only place that the original McCartney could be found.
Everybody's Got Something
To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey
"Your inside is out and your
outside is in."
A reference to McCartneys remains after the crash?
Revolution #9
By far the creepiest song on the album, and in fact in the
entire Beatles catalogue is Revolution #9, an avant garde
experimental piece that the other three Beatles fought so
hard to keep off the album, but they lost. And thank God
they did for this song is considered to contain some of
the biggest clues of the conspiracy.
Playing the song forwards
you can hear the following...
"Number
nine."
This phrase is said 13 times throughout the piece. It's
probably just coincidence that the name Paul McCartney has
13 letters in it, and indeed his surname has 9... is it?
Perhaps this is a cryptic message teling us that the piece
is about Paul?
"His
voice was low and his eye was high and his eyes were closed."
A description of Pauls corpse?
"My
fingers are broken and so is my hair."
Remember that, according to the story, Paul was trapped
in the burning car because his fingers were broken and he
couldn't open the car door. As the car filled with flames
his hair was burnt off.
"He
hit a pole. We'd better get him to see a surgeon."
A reference to when Paul smashed into the telegraph pole
and the desperate attempt to find a doctor to save his life?
Maybe the surgeon reference could be the plastic surgery
employed by Brian Epstein to make William Campbell look
more like Paul?
"So
anyhow he went to the dentist instead. They gave him a pair
of teeth that weren't any good at all."
A reference to Paul's teeth getting knocked out in the crash?
"My
wings are broken."
Remember in the song Blackbird, where Paul sings of taking
a pair of broken wings?
"Must
have got it in the shoulder blades."
Is this referring to when Paul was decapitated in the car
crash explosion?
"You
become naked."
Could this be referring to Paul, and how he was literally
stripped bare of everything from his clothes to his identity?
"Take
this brother, may it serve you well."
Is this now telling us that all of Paul's things were passed
over to somebody?
However, if you play the
song backwards you can hear the following...
"There
were two, there is none now."
Paul and Rita?
"Turn
me on, dead man."
This eerie phrase is heard when the line "Number nine"
from the beginning of the track is reversed. In 1967 Paul
sang "I'd love to turn you on." and now John is
seen here to reply "Turn me on, dead man."
But
the biggest thing you hear when the track is played in reversed
is what appears to be an audio representation of a car crash.
This starts at approximately 5m 20s in as you play the track
backwards and starts with the sound of a speeding car zooming
past things with horns ablazing. Then there's the sound
of a lorry sounding his horn (remember that, according to
the story, Paul collided with a yellow lorry that caused
him to smash into the telegraph pole) and then the sound
of heavern choir singing. After this we hear the bell chimes
of a fire engine and then John saying "Turn me on,
dead man. Turn me on.". As he says this the chatter
of a gathering crowd can then be heard before Paul starts
screaming "Let me out! Let me out!" seemingly
in increasing desperation. This scene uncannily matches
the story of Paul's crash, and links in with other clues
that tell of Paul's demise. It's things such as this that
leads many people to believe that the Paul is Dead conspiracy
is more than just coincidence and speculation.
