Lyrics exploring abstract questions about existence, consciousness, or the nature of reality
'There's a Place' (1963) is the earliest Beatles song to mention Philosophical, which goes on to appear on 30 in all.
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Mind as private inner sanctuary
Money can't buy love maxim
Aphorism: 'pride comes before a fall'
Bridge meditates on brevity of life
Abstract message of universal love
Advocates independent thought
Weighing past affection against present love
Existential drift, lack of meaning
Questions Protestant work ethic
Weather is 'just a state of mind'
Being, knowing, the void
Brevity of life shapes the argument
'Nothing is real'; reality as illusion
Meditation on illusion, ego & oneness
'I'm right where I belong'
Aphoristic statements about nature of action and being
Duality of opposites
Wisdom mistaken for foolishness
Adapted Tao Te Ching ch. 47
Inner change over outer revolt
Inside/outside paradox
I Ching-inspired meditation on hidden love
'What you eat you are'
Overwhelm at expanded awareness
Cosmic balance in closing couplet
Cause-effect contemplation of existence
Consciousness, perception, cosmic unity
Acceptance as response to suffering
Mind, perception, infinity
Ego and non-attachment
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Book
Revolution in the Head
Ian MacDonald
Book
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
Alan Aldridge
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