This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
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Let It Be Lyrics as written by Paul Mccartney John Lennon
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McCartney: One night during this tense time I had a dream I saw my mum, who’d been dead 10 years or so. And it was so great to see her because that’s a wonderful ting about dreams: you actually are reunited with that person for a second; there they are and you appear to both be physically together again. It was so wonderful for me and she was very reassuring. In the dream she said, ‘It’ll be all right.’ I’m not sure if she used the words ‘Let it be’ but that was the gist of her advice, it was, ‘Don’t worry too much, it will turn out OK.’ It was such a sweet dream I woke up thinking, Oh, it was really great to visit with her again. I felt very blessed to have that dream. So that got me writing the song “Let It Be.” I literally started off ‘Mother Mary’, which was her name, ‘When I find myself in times of trouble’, which I certainly found myself in. The song was based on that dream.
McCartney: Mother Mary makes it a quasi-religious thing, so you can take it that way. I don’t mind. I’m quite happy if people want to use it to shore up their faith. I have no problem with that. I think it’s a great thing to have faith of any sort, particularly in the world we live in.
Lennon: That’s Paul. What can you say? Nothing to do with the Beatles. It could’ve been Wings. I don’t know what he’s thinking when he writes “Let It Be.” I think it was inspired by “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” That’s my feeling, although I have nothing to go on. I know he wanted to write a “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
(It should be noted that John was way off here because “Let It Be” was actually recorded well before “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was released. Also I think George’s beautiful guitar solo is an important part of the song. I sense jealousy in this quote.)
Good point about this being about Paul's mother. However, your statement about John's being way off might not be correct. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was released as a single in January 1970. "Let It Be" was released in March of 1970.
@Dresden89 Let It Be doesn't hold up as well as Hey Jude, Penny Lane, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby, Helter Skelter, We Can Work It Out, I'm Down, Things We Said Today, Here There and Everywhere, You Never Give Me Your Money, Two Of Us, I've Got A Feeling, She's A Woman, Oh! Darling, It's Getting Better...
@LisaPetrolo I know this is nearly five years after your post and maybe it has been noted elsewhere. A rare demo of Let It Be was recorded in the summer of 1968 and was included on the deluxe edition of The Beatles aka The "White Album", which was recently released November 2018 to mark the LP's 50th anniversary. So after all these nearly 5 years we can conclude “Let it be” was written and recorded nearly 2 years before “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was released.
if there is a song that tells you how to solve basically anything, this is it...
My interpretation is that you can't control people or situations, even if you desperately want to, and for what may feel very good reason. In relationships we may want to fix or change things, but no matter how much love and communication is given, you cannot change people or control their sometimes shitty and weak choices.
After struggling to hold everything together for too long, you finally realise, you actually have no control and that you just have to 'let it be". It's out of your hands.
Faith gets you through these times ~knowing that you can and will be okay whatever outcome.
I think you are right! :-)
I don't have to type my own commentary- because you summed it up just right. :)
@archetypes I kept reading your interpretation do many times just so I can absorb it. I\'m in deep sorrow right now, undergoing a tough break-up I cant control. The way you constructed the whole outline of the song, just gave me a realization, a clear thought of what is happening to me and what it\'s going to be. This commentary will forever live through me.
This is one of the most beautiful and peacful songs ever ritten. It has a very deep, yet simple meaning. I lissen to ths song when im having a bad day or going thru something bad..basicially when im depressed. This song to me means that whatever is going to happen..will happen and that all the problems in ur life ..u shud jes let them be. let the situation be..let the people be. dont get urself worked up. And when the night is cloudy(When u are going thru something..when everythign just seems rong), There is still a light that shines on me, shine on till tommorow..(If ulook hard enuff u'll find something good...the light is always shinning on u..even during the darkest times), LET IT BE!
@Fatimajafri I am with you ! This song has gotten me through many rough times
this is a beautiful song. about paul's mum.
how the hell is this song about weed.????
mother mary= marijuana<br /> speaking words of wisdom
@imaginefrankie Mother Mary was Paul's mother.
Someone said it is about finding "light in darkness" and that sounds sooo nice. Yay-yuh.
But, I have a skewed perspective on this one! My friend "Donut Boy" once threatened me with this song. Did he used to be a COP? I hope so. I mean, who doesn't love a man in a uniform? But, don't forget to BE KIND Mr. Donut! I will be too!
A personal break-up. The Beatles break-up. The death of a grandmother, weed, a donut loving man...... Art can mean WHATEVER the hell we WANT it to mean. EVERYTHING is relevant. AND I JUST LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THAT ABOUT IT! That's why I'll NEVER "Let It Be". And besides.... I was INVITED here after all! Don't be inhospitable!
Art for art's sake. No right or wrong answers here on Song Meanings. Just be true to yourself. I hate Lady Gaga.
I think like all music, poetry, or art, this song has different meanings to different people. That's the real purpose of any art, I think, is to connect with others. McCartney may very well have meant his mother, or he may have meant Mother Mary, but I think he probably meant both. It is a simple, beautiful song. Nothing really fancy about it. That's what makes is such a great song........and it IS a GREAT song.
This song got me through the death of my Grandmother last summer and it still makes me cry everytime I hear it!
The lyrics are just phenomenal!
in my opinion this song talks about how you're always gonna go through hard times but you have to let it be and it'll get better as you go on and i love this song to death it describes my life i my opinion