Extended metaphor

A sustained metaphor carried across multiple lines or the entire song

songs

Analysis

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early2 · 13%

Mid-period5 · 31%

Late9 · 56%

Book

Revolution in the Head

Ian MacDonald

Book

The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

Alan Aldridge

Album

Let It Be

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Clown/mask conceit hiding true self
2	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Sun = pursuit of happiness elsewhere
3	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	'Yesterday' as lost happiness
4	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	Falling in love
5	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Looking through someone as seeing true nature
6	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	'Face she keeps in a jar by the door'
7	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Home repair = mental/creative work

8	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Julia as natural elements
9	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Blackbird as oppressed person
10	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Pigs = the establishment throughout
11	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Weeping guitar as grief for the world
12	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	Old brown shoe = old self
13	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Sun/winter as emotional renewal
14	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Mind as cosmos/universe
15	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Words, thoughts, images as cosmic forces
16	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Road as life's journey back to lover