Beatles: Help! Meaning

Song Released: 1965

Help! Lyrics

Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find...

1. anonymous

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   Mar 13th 2007 !⃝

   This song is about him needing a friend through a bad trip.
   "When I was Young...I never needed anybody's help..." when he was younger he never did drugs, but now he needs help during his bad trip.
   "I do appreciate you bein' 'round" a bad trip always goes better when someone is there to calm you down
   "help me get my feet back on the ground" refers to the friend calming him through his time of need
   "Now my life has changed in o so many ways" trips usually tend to give you a new view on life.
   "my independence seems to vanish in the haze" again he needs someone around to help him through all of the confusion.
   "every now and then I feel so insecure" bad trips can leave you feeling depressed and down.
   It's really obvious when you think about it

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

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   Mar 13th 2007 !⃝

   This song is about a bad trip.

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

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   Mar 10th 2007 !⃝

   So much bad information on this site. This song has nothing to do with the Vietnam War or drug use.
   
   This song came out at the height of "Beatlemania" and yes, John is crying for Help. Specifically he is crying out to his wife which by this time he had become increasingly estranged. He's calling out to her to help keep him grounded during this period of insanity in his life.
4. anonymous

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   Feb 7th 2007 !⃝

   I was always under the impression that Help! was describing the reasons why he first began using LSD. The album itself was released around the time the beatles became heavily involved with psychadelic drugs
5. anonymous

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   Jan 24th 2007 !⃝

   I agree that it was John calling out for Help during beatle-mania. The lyrics do say "When I was younger... I never needed anybodies help in anyway... And now my life has changed in oh so many ways... but every now and then I feel so insecure.." Which doesn't really agree with the idea of this was about John when he was younger. Hes just saying that he didn't need the help when he was younger, but now that he life has changed, it's different. With the pressures of fans and publicities I'm sure it was difficult to feel you were independent when you always had someone following you around.
6. breakascene

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   Nov 17th 2005 !⃝

   No, basically, when John Lennon was younger, he was a rebellious child and teenager. John's calling out for help because he feels like he can't really be unique anymore and he can't be independent. DUH.
7. silverbeatle

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   Aug 11th 2005 !⃝

   Basically John calling out for help, Beatle-mania was very pressuring on him.
   He did say in an interview that he was subconsciously crying for help
8. Duran Fan

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   Jul 15th 2005 !⃝

   The Beatles released this song in the UK and US in 1965, when there were strong anti- war sentiments around the world for the Vietnam War. I have always thought that Help! was about the Vietnam War.

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