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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   Dec 21st 2005 !⃝

   Yes, that interpertation about Timothy Leary is exactly correct, but there is also another rumor about the meaning of this song. As some might know, Paul McCartney was rumored to be killed in a car crash. Some believers of this rumor also believe that this song had to do with Paul's death. The lyric "come together right now over me" refers to "comming together" over Paul's grave. Also, the lyric "one and one and one is three" refers to there being only three Beatles after Paul's death. I'm not sure if this rumor is correct, just thought I'd share.
2. anonymous

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   Dec 17th 2005 !⃝

   This is just me... but listening to the lyrics, I wonder if John is not describing the Beatles in the song... 4 verses, 4 beatles... The 3rd verse (walrus gumboot) describes John (ono sideboards, walrus gumboot, feel his disease), the first vers (here come ol flattop) describes George (joo-joo eyeball, holy roller, He got hair down to his knee
   Got to be a joker he just do what he please), the 4th verse perhaps about Ringo (early warning, one and one and one is three could deal with drums and rythm, and Got to bee good looking cause he's so hard to see is because Ringo was always behind the drumset.), and the 2nd verse about Paul (monkey finger, like a bass player,) But I don't know. I'm just playin around.
3. anonymous

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   Oct 19th 2005 !⃝

   Yup, that second one is exactly it.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
4. anonymous

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   Jul 31st 2005 !⃝

   Okay, I'e read this several times, and also heard it while watching a documentary on John Lennon. This song DOES have a meaning. Timothy Leary came to John Lennon and asked him to write a song for him. He was going to run for a political office, and his campaign slogan was going to be "Come Together." He wanted a song his followers could sing along the campaign trail that included that slogan. Timothy Leary was arrested before the campaign, so John Lennon no longer felt obligated to give Leary the song he wrote, and therefore, the Beatles recorded it as their own. So that explains "Come together right now, over me." As for the wacky lyrics of the verses, never question John Lennon.
5. jusplainjesse

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   Jul 27th 2005 !⃝

   Ok, I can't take credit for this one, my dad told me. He says that they wrote it because everyone thought that there were hidden meanings in their songs, so they wrote one that would seem obvious that it had a hidden meaning. The truth is...IT DOESN'T!!! THE SONG IS COMPLETELY RANDOM!!! Oh well...it's still an awesome song.

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