What do the Lyrics of the Beatles' "Let It Be" Really Mean?
Paul McCartney is a genius when it comes to songwriting. The British-born former Beatle knows how to captivate, educate and even obfuscate when it comes to his message and lyrics. For evidence of this look no further than the hit song by the former Mop Tops, “Let It Be.”Why is this song such a work of genius craftsmanship? Even though Beatle John Lennon has said, “I don’t know what [Paul was] thinking when he writes ‘Let It Be’.” We think we do. Keep reading to find out.
The Beatles were a comet. The one that burned the brightest. Formed in 1960 by young teenagers in Liverpool, England, the band broke up in 1969 or 1970, depending on how you want to count it. Their final album was the 1970 release, Let It Be, which recently earned renewed attention thanks to the elaborate 2021 docu-series on Disney+, The Beatles: Get Back.
The docu-series shows the Fab Four in 1968 working on their final album under a time crunch, thanks to a movie that Ringo Starr was set to shoot. But there is more happening, guitarist George Harrison quits the band for a few days. Frontmen John Lennon and Paul McCartney are both clinging to their twin-flame artistic relationship and are constantly at odds. Both men are also shadowed by new love interests, Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney. In Get Back, we see a band on the edge. But through tension can come great art.
Source: Jacob Uitti/americansongwriter.com
