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. ddurr

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   Feb 17th 2007 !⃝

   what the hell?
   "goo goo g'joob"?
   what the hell is that?
   its "COO COO CACHOO"...

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2. anonymous

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   Feb 4th 2007 !⃝

   John Lennon was amused by the fact that professors at one of his old schools were analyzing the lyrics to Beatles songs, like "Eleanor Rigby," etc. So he decided to write a song that would confuse them, and that had no meaning, but looked like it might.

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3. Thorn495

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   Jan 9th 2007 !⃝

   We all go through the same feelings in life. "I am he, as you are me.." We're all equal.
   
   We've divided ourselves.
   
   This saddens Lennon.
   
   I think he's just making a joke on society's dull game. "I am the walrus.. koo koo catchu!" We can make our own realities. Yes, pyschadelics opened that up in us. As long as our intentions are good, you won't get hung up.
4. anonymous

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   Dec 18th 2006 !⃝

   It's about a man and a walrus

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5. anonymous

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   Nov 16th 2006 !⃝

   From glass onion:
   "I told you 'bout the walrus and me, man
   you know that we're as close as can be, man
   now here's another clue for you all
   .... The walrus is paul"
   
   thus contributing to the paul-is-dead conspiracy theory.
   He was just joking around guys...

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6. anonymous

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   Sep 20th 2006 !⃝

   Some of it has been said here but...
   
   This is a very good read (-:
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_the_walrus
7. anonymous

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   Sep 11th 2006 !⃝

   I give "I am the walrus" the highest rating for a beatles song there is. It ranks with eleanor rigby, penny lane, strawberry fields forever, hey jude, and in my life as among their very best if not their very best. If one cannot understand the lyrics, one must understand a term called "poetic license"...The song is a series of images and impressions set to the most avant garde music the beatles ever came up with. Lennon's vocal is unbelievably cutting and vicious...Possibly his best ever. Coo coo coo choo!
8. anonymous

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   Aug 6th 2006 !⃝

   You are all on drugs if you don't think this song has nothing to do with a drug trip.
9. anonymous

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   Jun 27th 2006 !⃝

   Glass Onion and that were written to confuse people further. Although I Am The Walrus was written to confuse their is going to be some hidden stuff in there.
   Speaking as a songwriter who tries to write the odd song that's just supposed to confuse people you can't help putting in jokes and things that are relevant in the lyrics. The song as a whole might not mean anything but I'm sure differen't lines mean something in the warped mind of John.
10. SOAD4lyfe234

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    Jun 26th 2006 !⃝

    Well, in Glass Onion it says the walrus was Paul but then in another song by John it says I was the Walrus but now I am Just John.
11. sirshoelace

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    Jun 22nd 2006 !⃝

    From Glass Onion:
    "I told you 'bout the walrus and me, man
    you know that we're as close as can be, man
    now here's another clue for you all
    .... the walrus is paul"
12. mightymuffin5042

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    Jun 19th 2006 !⃝

    Not every song is a secret message to another dimension. Sometimes the words we read are simply that and nothing more.
13. anonymous

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    Apr 18th 2006 !⃝

    Just because an artist writes a song on LSD doesn't make it wacked out or nonsensical. Drugs allow musicians to take their music and thoughts in different directions, it doesn't neccesarily turn them into maniacs. Even if the lyrics do sound a bit strange, the beauty always lies within the insanity. Don't ever discredit the later work of Lennon.
14. SOAD4lyfe234

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    Apr 4th 2006 !⃝

    I don't think this song really means anything. John was on LSD when he wrote it so...

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15. anonymous

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    Mar 19th 2006 !⃝

    He's dead, how do you all know this...

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