Self reflection

Ask Me Why

Understand, thinking

There's a Place

Mind as refuge from sadness

I'll Get You

Think, mind

She Loves You

Think, thinking, mind

Not a Second Time

Wondering, mind

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Think, understand, inside

I Call Your Name

'Was I to blame for being unfair?'

You Can't Do That

Think, mind

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

Think, understand

I'll Cry Instead

Examines his own shyness and bitterness

Eight Days a Week

Mind

What You're Doing

Wondering

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Narrator examines his disappointment and resolves to leave

I'm a Loser

Narrator examines own failure and facade

Ticket to Ride

Think

Help!

Compares present insecurity to younger self-assurance

The Night Before

Mind, think

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Inward examination of humiliation

You're Going to Lose That Girl

Mind

I Need You

Realize

It's Only Love

Questions his own shyness and feelings

Michelle

Understand, think

Run for Your Life

'I'm a wicked guy... born with a jealous mind'

We Can Work It Out

Think, thought

I'm Looking Through You

'What did I know?' - questions own judgment

In My Life

Stocktake of the narrator's life

Nowhere Man

Lennon writing about himself

Think for Yourself

Think, mind, thinking

You Won't See Me

Mind

What Goes On

Mind, think

Girl

Think, understand

The Word

Narrator's conversion to the message

Rain

Mind

Got to Get You into My Life

Mind

I'm Only Sleeping

Think

For No One

Narrator forecasts protagonist's future grief

Tomorrow Never Knows

Mind, thoughts, within

Doctor Robert

Understand

She Said She Said

Understand

And Your Bird Can Sing

Narrator positions himself as the truer voice

I Want to Tell You

Narrator examines his own mental block

Strawberry Fields Forever

Doubt about own perception

Good Morning Good Morning

Narrator drifts through empty day

Fixing a Hole

Mind wandering, where it will go

Getting Better

Narrator reviews own past behavior

Within You Without You

Within, soul, mind

Baby, You're a Rich Man

Inside

The Fool on the Hill

Implicit self-portrait of McCartney

Lady Madonna

Wonder, think

The Inner Light

Knowing without travelling

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Inside

Glass Onion

Lennon teasing fans who over-interpret

Yer Blues

Narrator's inner anguish dominates

Don't Pass Me By

Myself, wonder

Mother Nature's Son

Narrator identifies as nature's son

Long, Long, Long

Narrator reckons with his searching and loss

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Narrator observes self and world

Sexy Sadie

Think

I'm So Tired

Internal monologue of exhaustion

It's All Too Much

'The more I learn, the less I know'

Hey Bulldog

Think

Only a Northern Song

Narrator critiques his own song

Get Back

Thought

Old Brown Shoe

'I may appear to be imperfect'

The Ballad of John and Yoko

Soul, think

Something

Bridge questions whether love will grow

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Thought, myself

Across the Universe (Wildlife version)

Inner mind imagery throughout

Across the Universe

'My opened mind', 'opened ears'

The Long and Winding Road

Recounts past tries and tears

I Me Mine

I've Got a Feeling

John's year-in-review section

Free as a Bird

Narrator examines lost touch

Real Love

Re-evaluating past plans and schemes