Beatles: Yellow Submarine Meaning

Song Released: 1969

Yellow Submarine Lyrics

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines.
So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine.
We all live...

1. rockqueen88

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   Sep 5th 2006 !⃝

   The idea did come across over using lsd, but it isn't about drugs. They were in george's house, which was big and yellow, and John was like "man, it's like we're all living in a yellow submarine, man"...True story!
2. anonymous

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   Aug 19th 2006 !⃝

   The song, as Paul has stated himself, was meant to be a children's song and perhaps because of the lsd he was taking at the time he enjoyed the idea of kids singing it. The effects of lsd serve to broaden one's perspective and allow them to see beauty in all things. A fairytale song sung by kids is the beauty he set out to seek. When he had finished the result was yellow submarine.
3. musicbaby

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   Aug 5th 2006 !⃝

   Acid plain and simple

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

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   Jul 16th 2006 !⃝

   Methinks everyone's reading a little too much into this. IT'S ABOUT A F**KING YELLOW SUBMARINE!!!!!!!
5. anonymous

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   Jun 28th 2006 !⃝

   "It's about people who live in a yellow submarine" - so, so true.
   
   I'm not sure whether this song has any real meaning or if it's just a nonsense song. All the same it's a nice tune. Reminds me of nursery school...
6. SOAD4lyfe234

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   Jun 26th 2006 !⃝

   It's about people who live in a yellow submarine.
7. anonymous

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   Jun 26th 2006 !⃝

   Come on guys...get a life!!
   It's such a pleasant song.... NOTHING TO DO WITH DRUGS...just a loverly childrens song..

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

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   Jun 18th 2006 !⃝

   This song is definetly about an LSD trip
9. anonymous

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   Apr 24th 2006 !⃝

   Yellow submarine = big ol' blunt
   Sea of green = big ol' bag of ganja

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

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    Mar 12th 2006 !⃝

    It's just a fun good song that Ringo sang. It's not about taking pills or any of that bullshit its just a good fucking song.
11. anonymous

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    Mar 4th 2006 !⃝

    lalacoolj is misinformed. John Lennon's dad's last name was Lennon. His mom's maiden name was Stanley.
12. anonymous

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    Mar 1st 2006 !⃝

    DRUGS!
13. anonymous

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    Feb 19th 2006 !⃝

    This song is about how we all live in this tiny world and most of the time we are sheltered. I also think Lennon put some of his childhood in the lyrics.
    
    And I am tired of hearing all of you talking about drugs. The Beatles were a wonderful band and I think some of you are on drugs!
14. LalaCoolJ

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    Feb 18th 2006 !⃝

    Don't you all think that it is about John talking about his father. John Lennon's real last name was his father's last name. Lennon was his mother's maiden name. He never lived with his father so I personally think it was about his dad. He was always out at sea.
15. anonymous

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    Dec 16th 2005 !⃝

    Some people believe this song is about communism.
    
    Because they all live together happily in this yellow submarine. Possibly while doing a large amount of drugs, because that's the only way applied communism might work.
    
    But there's also a slight possibilty... get ready for this... That it's just a stupid fun song about nothing in particular with a catchy chorus.

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