Narrator mocks or belittles himself rather than the addressee.
Songs tagged 'Confessional' carry the 'Self deprecation' tag about 4.5x as often as the catalogue average (7 of 34, vs an overall rate of 10 in 217 songs).
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
| # | Title | Year | Album | Lead Vocal(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm a Loser | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | Names himself the loser, then admits the mask |
| 2 | Help! | 1965 | Help! | John | Drops the self-assured pose and admits insecurity |
| 3 | Yesterday | 1965 | Help! | Paul | Measures himself short against who he was |
| 4 | You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | 1965 | Help! | John | Shrinks himself to two foot small |
| 5 | Run for Your Life | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | Calls himself the wicked one |
| 6 | Nowhere Man | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | Lennon wrote the nowhere man as a portrait of himself |
| 7 | The Fool on the Hill | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | The fool figure read as the writer's own outsider stance |
| 8 | Yer Blues | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | Blues-parody self-mockery ("yer blues") |
| 9 | I'm So Tired | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | Exhaustion tipping into self-disgust |
Names himself the loser, then admits the mask
Drops the self-assured pose and admits insecurity
Measures himself short against who he was
Shrinks himself to two foot small
Calls himself the wicked one
Lennon wrote the nowhere man as a portrait of himself
The fool figure read as the writer's own outsider stance
Blues-parody self-mockery ("yer blues")
Exhaustion tipping into self-disgust
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