What is the meaning of this song?
i think this song is about, you know how you walk down the street and see thousands of faces that you don’t know or recognize and don’t even think twice about? well i think this song is about how there are these people (eleanor rigby and father mckenzie) and these sad things happen to them and no one knows them or cares so they don’t really matter to anyone. it’s sad that people walk through life not really caring about others. they get too involved in what’s happening in their lives with work and whatnot and they forget that there are other people out their dealing with problems every day
another theory i’ve heard is that this song was about a secret love affair between a priest and a nun that was kept secret- if you look at the lyrics sans choruses as a poem it begns to make sense
….WHO IS IT FOR?—FATHER McKENZIE…
obviously as the father walks away from the grave he is leaving a secret behind- wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave. No-one was saved
i think this song is about, you know how you walk down the street and see thousands of faces that you don’t know or recognize and don’t even think twice about? well i think this song is about how there are these people (eleanor rigby and father mckenzie) and these sad things happen to them and no one knows them or cares so they don’t really matter to anyone. it’s sad that people walk through life not really caring about others. they get too involved in what’s happening in their lives with work and whatnot and they forget that there are other people out their dealing with problems every day
another theory i’ve heard is that this song was about a secret love affair between a priest and a nun that was kept secret- if you look at the lyrics sans choruses as a poem it begns to make sense
….WHO IS IT FOR?—FATHER McKENZIE…
obviously as the father walks away from the grave he is leaving a secret behind- wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave. No-one was saved
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