![]() In 1967, Stephen Bayley, who at that time was a student at John Lennon’s old Quarry Bank School, in Liverpool, wrote to Lennon to tell him that a teacher was getting the class to analyze Beatles songs. On “Glass Onion,” The Beatles decided to have some fun with lyrical references to their earlier songs. One result of this was that song lyrics began to be viewed by some fans as secret messages, clues to some deeper meaning for them to decipher and uncover the hidden truth their idols were imparting exclusively to those clued-up enough to get the message. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.As the 60s progressed, pop music became more sophisticated. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why" So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship. Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. ![]() Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other: ![]() "Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet" I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines: This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. No.īut here is the definitive answer to the questions. She’s got a ticket to Rye, but she don’t care.Īnd for those who think that it went from Rye to Ride as a translation mistake. The man wants the woman to get an abortion but "she don't care."įor she would never be free when I was around. Listen to the song, and you will see what the song is about. Why you ask? Because Rye was a city in the UK where a woman could get an abortion. But when the Beatles came over to the states, the music label they were under made them change the title to Ticket To Ride. The song was actually called Ticket to Rye. I know what this song is about as I saw it on a documentary of The Beatles.
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