Beatles: Come Together Meaning

Song Released: 1969

Covered By: Taylor John Williams (2014), Gary Clark Jr. (2017)

Come Together Lyrics

Lyrics removed by the request of NMPA

1. anonymous

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   Mar 31st 2007 !⃝

   almost seems like he describing an encounter with a policeman.. Here come old flat top(the american police crusers), grooving up slowly to his suspect with wide joojoo eyeballs watching him. Holy roller.. don't they call the cop cars "Rollers" over there? this could also tie into the meaning behind chuck berrys song "you can't catch me" John seemed to use a lot of similar terminology in this song(he was later sued for that too).
   Could sound like it's about arresting some hippy, a known fued between the people and the law... "I know you, you know me.."
   second verse is describing the hippy as such, wear no shoeshine, toejam football... general vagrant bum descriptions
   third verse could be describing a jail cell- but rather personifying one. I tend to invision one of those classic police cell scenes like out of a western movie or somthin.
   
   I could keep going but you get the picture. There are a lot of valid posibilities to this song, its well known timothy leary may have inspired the title, perhaps John was telling a story similar to learys arrest while he was running for govenor of LA? the idea of the song describing each of the beatles themselves is interesting, but doesn't quite ring true for me.
2. anonymous

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   Mar 29th 2007 !⃝

   I have just been reading all of the interpretations, and I must say I have no clue what is true and what isn't. everything sounds so reasonable!
   
   but, the one thing I will say is in regards to BeatleManiac on 2007-03-26 23:01:26. The album cover analysis was very interesting, but one thing I noticed was that the order in which you have the people walking is backwards...John is in the front in white, then Ringo, then Paul (who is out of step I hadn't noticed...) and then George... So, I don't know if that puts your interpretation of that out of synch, but I figured I'd point that out! :)
3. Beatlemaniac

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   Mar 26th 2007 !⃝

   I think that 2006-01-04 17:33:48 is right. It does have to do with a funeral. Ever heard of the "paul is Dead" hoax? Well on the album cover, There is an order in the way they walk. First is George, the grave digger. Next comes Paul, the dead guy. Notice he is barefoot, out of step, and holding a cigarette, as a dead man would. Then there is Ringo, the mortician. Finally, John, the preacher, dressed in white. Also, there are people right aboe Paul's head, all dressed in white, and I think they are his angels. The car in between George and Paul has a license late number- LMW 281F. Think now...., Linda McCartney Weeps, and 28 if, if he hadn't died, he would be 28. The person in the left part of the pan is a tourist, not knowing he was on camera, but the black car next to him is the hearse. See?
   
   Now for the song. He got hair down to his knee- your hair keeps growing when you are dead. Toe jam football- rugby, what Paul liked to play. One and One and One is three- three remaining members. Got to be good looking cause he's so hard to see- he is dead and hard to see, so make his body look good. Come together right now, Over me- Everybody come together and get along, over my death.
   
   There is my interpretation, and no, they are not drug fanatics that they can't write about anything else. Their songs, belive it or not, actually do have some meaning.
4. Dontpassmeby

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   Mar 13th 2007 !⃝

   This is sort of dumb, but could the term "holly roller" refer to the white beetle on the album cover? Maybe senor cardgage, or whoever the song describes, drives that car??!

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5. anonymous

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   Mar 7th 2007 !⃝

   I initially thought it was just LSD-induced dirty hippy gibberish. Now I think each verse is about each Beatle as seen through an LSD-influenced mind.
6. anonymous

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   Feb 28th 2007 !⃝

   I heard each verse is about one of the beatles??? kinda makes sense when you read it...
7. anonymous

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   Feb 19th 2007 !⃝

   Check this out:
   It is a tribute to the penis in its many forms!
   Here come old flat top he come groovin up slowly...jujube eyeball...holy roller (erection).
   He got hair down to his knee.
   He got feet (24")down below his knee.
   Got to be good looking cause he's so hard to see.
   Early warning...monkey finger...One and one and one is three...spinal cracker...he roller coaster...mojo filter...toe jam football...he bag production...Muddy Waters...walrus gumboot...hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease...
   Come Together!

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8. anonymous

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   Jan 28th 2007 !⃝

   Jesus Lennon was great song writer...so many interpretations.
   
   but I disagree that the 3rd verse is about John. Remember Glass Onion, how the Walrus was Paul, and Ono sideboard could be about Paul's dislike towards Yoko. Armchair? When I'm 64?
9. anonymous

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   Jan 26th 2007 !⃝

   I think partly he's singing jibberish. They always used to do this for fun in the studio. Watch the movie "Let It Be" and listen to the album. Some of the most rediculous lyrics are on there.
   
   Anyways a lot of the time they focused more on what sounded better rather than the lyrics having any meaning. I think here the chorus is important and the rest he made up along the way as he sang it...
10. anonymous

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    Jan 18th 2007 !⃝

    The song is typical Lennon GIBERISH : meaningless rubbish ...with Paul attempting some sense of organization along the way. Great song nevertheless!!
11. anonymous

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    Jan 7th 2007 !⃝

    It's about Maharishi. "..hair down to his knee..holy roller....joo joo eyeball...wear no shoeshine/toe jam football (barefooted)...good looking cause he's so hard to see.." It's all there.
12. anonymous

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    Dec 14th 2006 !⃝

    Have none of you idiots heard Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me"?
13. anonymous

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    Nov 20th 2006 !⃝

    I agree with the above I always thought it might be about god. "holy roller", " he just do what he please"and I thought that "got to be good lookin''cause he's so hard to see" was like how no one could see god and stuff. However, after reading this, I could also see how it would be about each individual beatle as well.
14. anonymous

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    Nov 19th 2006 !⃝

    In this song, John unintentionally channels prophetic insight about the now pending advent of the Messiah. In fact, as the book of Revelations describes the event in Rev. 19:15-16
    
    15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
    16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
    
    One might consider the following verse Rev. 19:17-
    
    17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
    
    'COME and gather yourselfs TOGETHER'...
    Coincidence? Certainly. Meaningless words probably popping into his head durring an acid trip? Perhaps likely. Devinely inspired premonition? More than likely, but only time will tell.
    
    As for the phrases: "holy roller", and "he say one and one and one is three, one thing I can tell you is you got to be free" I would ask you to consider this Gospel Gem:
    
    Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Jesus Christs own words)
    
    Also consider
    Mark13:11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
    
    An finally, my personal favorite, and final piece of the Holy Ghost's puzzle:
    
    Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
    
    The appearance of this person will probably be quite anticlimatic since Christ's words have already freed his followers. However, the enormity of prophetic material the Spirit has cleaverly planted in the commercial media will edify the masses seeking to explain the tremulations and horrors all around them. When they see the true loving, tolerant, and creative nature of God they will embrace his words and wisdom in such a way that they will regard themselves and everyone else as they would Jesus himself.
    
    "Got to be goodlooking cause he's so hard to see."
    
    True believers radiate a field of love and contentment, making themselves very attractive to others. And among any two or three of them, you'll find 'old flat-top'.
    
    Don't strain your eyes!
    
    I think the future will shed light on many an innocent modern song lyric, poetry, and all forms of artwork. My advice is to stick around.

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15. anonymous

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    Nov 14th 2006 !⃝

    As I read these interpretations they all seemed right but that couldn't be so my interpretation is that god will someday come and bring everyone together I think he is describing how god might be.
    
    He got feet down past his knees like everyone god was created in his image he's got hair down to his knees being as old as god man you must have some long hair I don't know only those view versus makes me think that

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