Strawberry Fields forever
Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung aboutStrawberry Fields forever
The Beatles are taking about all the trouble going on in the 1960's.
During the 60's the Vietnam War was being fought and the American people did
not support the government on the war and the citizens just wanted peace, also
the civil rights movement was in effect and drug use was increasing. The
Beatles are speaking to the American public in critiquing the government and
society of the time. The Beatles say "let me take you down coz I'm going
to strawberry fields", in what I interpret in meaning, come get high with
me and we can escape all these problems, we will just close our eyes to shield
us from the pain. Nothing mattes and nothing is real when you are high, there
is nothing to stress over. Things will be okay. The Beatles use of language
consists of rhyme, figurative meaning, and lyrical poetry. The rhyme scheme is
abcdedfag. Not much of the lyrics rhyme besides lines 4 and 6. The Beatles don’t
directly mention the societal problems in this mellow song but definitely
address them in the lyrics.
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