Music, like a painting, is open to interpretation. What is your interpretation

[rikitikitavi]

of this classic song? Here are the lyrics to "Come Together" by the Beatles
What is this song saying to you?

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "i know you, you know me"
One thing i can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "one and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me
Hey Jimmy- There are no wrong answers here. This is an opinion based question =)

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

I always though it was warning about false prophets but I'm sure I'm wrong. I suck at lyric interpretation. This is probably why I like pop music.

 

[Mark]

According to John Lennon, it was written about Timothy Leary's failed gubernatorial campaign in California against Ronald Reagan (which ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana)...

While you are entirely free to "openly interpret" art (music, poetry, painting, dance, etc...) for yourself, most of the time the artist DID have something specific in mind, and it usually is not all that hard to uncover...