Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been,
Lives in a dream.
Waits at the window, wearing a face she keeps in a jar by the door,
Who is it for?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no-one will hear,
No-one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there�s nobody there,
What does he care?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name.
Nobody came.
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave.
No-one was saved.
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?



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Eleanor Rigby (Beatles cover) song meanings
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    General Comment:The Beatles lyrics Go

    "All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
    All the lonely people, where do they all belong?"

    But Thrice sings it:

    "All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
    All the lonely people, where do they all come from?"
    Thrice sings it wrong
    Flag AngelGirl323on March 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I dunno why but for some reason this song reminds me of the novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
    Flag FOB_taraon November 08, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This is a good cover. I'm not so familiar with Thrice's work but they interpreted this song really well. It's not as good as the original, but most covers aren't. It's just an interesting new approach to it. Well done!
    Flag ExcessiveClaptrapon June 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:whoa wait where do lonely ppl come from? thats such a good question
    Flag stupidfrickingemoson January 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I liked this cover at first, because I thought it was great to hear a rock version of it....but then later in the song the singer has a really whiney tone in his voice and it just really turned me off to the song :-/
    Flag rockstothebasson August 05, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i like this cover a lot, but i believe thrice switched the lyrics of the chours around...the beatles version goes

    all the lonely people, where do they all belong?
    all the lonely people, where do they all come from?

    the beatles are amazing by the way, you gotta appreciate them, they did a lot for rock music in the 60's/early 70's
    Flag A7XWakingTheFallenon January 11, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song..i've heard the original beatles one..it was for a charity or something, and the thrice version kicks ass compared to the original
    Flag septimusphoenixon December 27, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Not to be the voice of the nay-sayer here, but the thrice cover of Eleanor Rigby I was referred to completely licked.

    I don't just mean I didn't like it, I mean it licked and licked hard.

    If I never, ever hear noise like that again in my life, I shall die a happy man.

    The original song's lyrics meaning to me:

    It's about exactly what it says it's about. Lonely people. More specifically, I think, widows and widowers. People who have experienced ultimate love and lost it. It's a song about the power of the soul and it's capacity for both boundless happiness and conversely, hopeless despair.
    Flag alienkittenon October 28, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I wanted to here ther verson of this song, not trying to make anyone feel stupid but thrice's version of Eleanor Rigby sucked. They completely missed the point of the song,. They changed the meaning.
    Flag marsvolt1211on August 24, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This is a fucking kick ass cover of a kick ass Beatles song. The song's all about "lonely people". Whoulda thunk it?
    Flag SeEiNgStArSon July 29, 2005   Link

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