Beatles: I am the Walrus Meaning

Song Released: 1967

I am the Walrus Lyrics

i am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together!
see how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly …
i'm cryin’

sittin on a corn flake, waitin on the van to come.
corporation tee-shirt,stupid bloody tuesday man you been a...

1. anonymous

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   Dec 27th 2007 !⃝

   John wrote this song to make everyone freak out and try and figure out the meaning. It really doesn't have one. It's just gibberish. He wrote it to confuse people.
2. johnbasedow211

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   Dec 10th 2007 !⃝

   ITS AN LSD TRIP. Lennon references lucy in the sky which has been stated by Lennon to be an LSD trip. The end.
3. anonymous

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   Nov 8th 2007 !⃝

   This song is supposedly written about Paul's "death". "Eggman" symbolized Humpty Dumpty and "walrus" symbolizes death in some Scandinavian countries. "Goo Goo Goo Joo" are said to be Humpty Dumpty's last words.
   
   But then again, it could mean anything. (:
4. anonymous

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   Nov 6th 2007 !⃝

   I've had many a conversation about this song with my father, a Beatles expert, and a great interpreter of songs. He mentioned a lot of what everyone before has said, but he also said one other thing I haven't seen yet:
   
   Supposedly, Lennon got a call from one of his fellow song-writing friends who said (not word-for-word, of course): "Hey, John! I have some new songs I've written; let's say we meet up and we can share my songs with whatever you've got!"
   
   But Mr. Lennon didn't have anything prepared at the moment. So instead of just sitting down and writing an album-full of songs, he decided to leave his typewriter on the table. Every time he walked past it, he'd write another line to the song. In this manner, "I Am the Walrus" was made.

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5. anonymous

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   Oct 6th 2007 !⃝

   WHAT THE F!?!? Though it says in the lyrics goo goo gajoob, It is really ku ku kachu which is an old painting done by some artist I forget who but either way, The painting is entitled "KU KU KACHU THE EGGMAN" That solves the eggman problem.....
6. anonymous

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   Aug 9th 2007 !⃝

   Paul was supposedly the walrus...
   There was a conspiracy where Paul was supposed to have died. There was a picture in a magazine of Paul and when you held it up to the light, there was a line through his neck. Another part was a license plate on Abbey Road that had a number (I can't remember what it was) and the theory was that if Paul was still alive, that's how old he would be.
   
   Clearly this 'conspiracy' isn't true, as Paul is alive to this day!!

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7. JacobJames

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   Jul 6th 2007 !⃝

   Sorry folks. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this song, as well as the rest of the songs released after Revolver and prior to Let It Be have roots in the Bible. What do ya think - all that religious crap was for show?
   
   Anyway - here is Daniel 7:5 - 5 "And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and eat your fill of flesh!'
   
   This is the passage from which the notion of 'walrus' stems from. There is actually a very tangible meaning to all of what they did but not everyone can see it because everyone does not know how to look for it.
   
   Regarding the clues in Glass Onion about the walrus - they also carry with them a deep profound meaning. Well, I gotta go - my best advice is that you should read Revelation 11:3 and see where it leads you. JacobIsaiah445@yahoo.com

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8. anonymous

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   May 24th 2007 !⃝

   I'm with a few of you... I'm pretty sure he wrote this just to screw with us all in believing it had some deep meaning. Whether he was on an acid trip or not I don't really care but I doubt this song has any world changing meaning behind it.

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9. anonymous

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   Apr 15th 2007 !⃝

   This song is about John Lennon's reservations about being a Beatle. Remember In "The Walrus and the Carpenter" The Walrus is a fraud who lies to and then devours innocent clams. The Song opens "I am he as you are he and we are all together" That lyric is a comment on how the band was seen as a unit rather than independent people. The repetition of "I am the walrus" means I am a fraud I am a fraud! When John latter wrote "The walrus was Paul" he was not saying "Hey fans Paul died two years ago in a car crash, sorry bout the coverup" He was saying Paul is the fraud not me.

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10. anonymous

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    Apr 10th 2007 !⃝

    Lennon was saying that Jesus is like a walrus. as sort of making fun of the fact that jesus can be god and human but not human and he can be god but not god and can be in you but isn't in you.

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11. anonymous

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    Apr 9th 2007 !⃝

    You people have obviously not been on wikipedia.
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead
    
    Every word any genius writes is meaningful. Every punctuation. Everything. The beatles write endless metaphors and hidden meanings.
    
    This song is perticularly attentive to the "paul is dead" theory. Read it. Be enlightened.

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12. anonymous

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    Apr 2nd 2007 !⃝

    I read somewhere that John was on an acid trip and Paul wrote down all that he said...idk
13. anonymous

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    Mar 4th 2007 !⃝

    When John realised people were interpreting his lyrics he wrote a song to spite them... I am the walrus. because any true beatles fan knew that John was non conformative. I was told this by a beatles expert that when he finished the song he said; "let the f****** work that one out then".
    
    so maybe we should respect the legend of John Lennon and accept the song in all its greatness and forget all this 'inner meaning' of the song business. Rest in peace John X.
14. anonymous

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    Feb 21st 2007 !⃝

    Hey guys, 2007-02-20 23:05:10 is right. I think this is the first time that the Beatles have ever shoved it right back in our faces. Dang, I feel awful all of a sudden.

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15. anonymous

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    Feb 20th 2007 !⃝

    Okay, this song is too cracked up to be written on crack. It's like the saying, "too good to be true." This was just written to get any frustration out of themselves and tick off critics. Haha, good job Beatles, you finaly got us!

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