most people think, as i once did, that these lyrics are simply a "nostalgia trip" but if you get beyond the first verse, it is fairly plain to see that John's mentioning of old friends and nostalgic moments serves merely as a means to express his love through comparison; "But of all these friends and lovers / There is no one compares with you / And these memories lose their meaning /When I think of love as something new." In the next "stanza," if you will, or the second bridge to be precise, he goes on to say that even though he loves those memories so much that he'll "never lose affection" for them, he will actually "love you more," whoever "you" happens to be. What it basically comes down to is that this is a love song that compares one's romantic love for another with his nostalgic love for his memories... and as we all know, the latter is a very powerful emotion, hence the magnitude of the implication that the subject in the lyrics loves his woman more than his nostalgic memories.
had this been a different day, i might have considered arguing against the idea that these lyrics have "hidden" drug meanings.... but such an idea is so ridiculous that it really doesn't merit more than the brief mentioning it just received.
@dr4g0sm4ft31 Came looking for this. I just commented elsewhere: -
I think Lennon was trying to say how much he loved a woman by comparing her to how valuable all his childhood memories were. He uses his developing songwriting skills to evoke the love we all can feel for our childhood experiences of people and places, but then tells her "In my life, I love you more".
@dr4g0sm4ft31 Came looking for this. I just commented elsewhere: -
I think Lennon was trying to say how much he loved a woman by comparing her to how valuable all his childhood memories were. He uses his developing songwriting skills to evoke the love we all can feel for our childhood experiences of people and places, but then tells her "In my life, I love you more".
most people think, as i once did, that these lyrics are simply a "nostalgia trip" but if you get beyond the first verse, it is fairly plain to see that John's mentioning of old friends and nostalgic moments serves merely as a means to express his love through comparison; "But of all these friends and lovers / There is no one compares with you / And these memories lose their meaning /When I think of love as something new." In the next "stanza," if you will, or the second bridge to be precise, he goes on to say that even though he loves those memories so much that he'll "never lose affection" for them, he will actually "love you more," whoever "you" happens to be. What it basically comes down to is that this is a love song that compares one's romantic love for another with his nostalgic love for his memories... and as we all know, the latter is a very powerful emotion, hence the magnitude of the implication that the subject in the lyrics loves his woman more than his nostalgic memories.
had this been a different day, i might have considered arguing against the idea that these lyrics have "hidden" drug meanings.... but such an idea is so ridiculous that it really doesn't merit more than the brief mentioning it just received.
@dr4g0sm4ft31 Came looking for this. I just commented elsewhere: - I think Lennon was trying to say how much he loved a woman by comparing her to how valuable all his childhood memories were. He uses his developing songwriting skills to evoke the love we all can feel for our childhood experiences of people and places, but then tells her "In my life, I love you more".
@dr4g0sm4ft31 Came looking for this. I just commented elsewhere: - I think Lennon was trying to say how much he loved a woman by comparing her to how valuable all his childhood memories were. He uses his developing songwriting skills to evoke the love we all can feel for our childhood experiences of people and places, but then tells her "In my life, I love you more".