Reviews for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Lyrics

lol calm down everyone, this song's just about an acid trip. That doesnt mean its a bad song, lyrics dont always have to speak on huge world issues or the human condition. This song is a very beautiful description of an acid trip. its masterfully done.

guys plain and simple its about tripping. they werent trying to gain popularity from their fans becuz they didnt have to try they were the fuckin beatles so to think lennon was trying to hide the simplicity of the song by telling his fans its about lsd is rediculous. He would never admit to the press that this song was influenced by lsd at all because it would probably ruin his credibility with many people. and if you read the lyrics it goes way farther than his childs drawing. "look for the girl with the sun in her eyes", "kaleidoscope eyes", and the cartoony surreal imagery, "sombody calls you, you answer quite SLOWLY", "climb in the back with your head in the clouds" these are all indications of being really high on lsd. its not a big deal i dont understand why some people cant grasp how influential the lsd trips were on lennon and the rest of the beatles. all of you non believers when acid is presented i suggest to give it a try, its a really enlightening experience.

Lennon and McCartney were master craftsmen at songwriting. Whenever they could, they threw ambiguous lyrics into the pot...they loved the fact that everyone who analyzed their lyrics would have their own individual interpretations.
It is what it is. Another interesting song.
...a song deep in meaning...and like Carral's words, open to interpretation til the end of time.

That's why we can listen to songs like I Am The Walrus and see new meanings as we age.
But if you think Lennon needed drugs to write wild lyrics you need to read Lennon In His Own Write.

You're living your life oblivious to another reality. Suddenly you are awakened. You shake it off and get back to the dollar. This time you're awakened. You begin to see your politicians as bs artists. The sheep are all around you smiling. Piles of lies you can't overcome. The media is there to help you don't fight it. You're back with the rest of the sheep, but awakened. Awakened to the fact that everybody else knows this and you can't do a damn thing about it. Cheers.

As a songwriter who has never taken acid I must say it still seems equally plausible either way. I've never seen the picture, but I have read a quote from Lennon that the "imagery is from Alice in the boat" which seems perfectly plausible. But then again Carrol was on acid at the time of Alice so I suppose that makes it both an acid song and a song about a picture using something we like to call metaphors.
My bassist wrote a song called Methadone (Methadrone?), and no, funnily enough, it's not about the drug at all. It's one of them fancy poetic language techniques.
Has no-body heard of a little thing known as 'Poetic Liscense'??

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

I could be very wrong, but everyone's entitled to their own opinion. This opinion is coming from someone who occasionally likes to feast on though. When I read this verse though the first interpretation I'd make are that the newspaper taxis would be hits of acid on blotter paper. Once they take the acid (the newspaper taxi), they are merely waiting to be taken away on their trip. The last 2 lines are pretty much the same thing as the first 2, nothing new.

I can say that a few of the common things does to me is make the clouds in the sky appear to move around quick and the sky to be a different color than it actually is (marmalade skies). Often times the kaleidoscope geometric pasterns that appear to me end up taking shape over peoples faces and I have many times seen people with kaleidoscope eyes. I suppose these are the only two I can actually relate to, but the mood and imagery used in the lyrics is very fake, surreal, and cartoony kind of. Thats exactly what does to your perception of the real world. If you have ever tripped, you know that there is no denying that this song was written about one or several experiences induced by .

I know its true that this song was inspired by the picture John's son drew of a named Lucy and thats where John got the idea for the name of the song. But thats just about where it ends, took over the meaning of the song... hell yeah.

I saw in an interview with John Lennon that he had no idea about the LSD part. we don't know if he's telling the truth though but primarily this song is about a drawing of a classmate of John's son named Lucy.

OK, while the title really wasn't inspired by LSD, some of the lyrics were. The song does talk about LSD trips, but the title is a mere coincidence: a drawing Julian made was titled like this, and that inspired John. Whether the songs was written on LSD or if it's about LSD is mere speculation. I believe it was, but anyone can say otherwise without any of the two statements being facts.

this is a quote from mccartney :
“ "Lucy in the Sky", that's pretty obvious. There's others that make subtle hints about drugs, but, you know, it's easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on the Beatles' music. Just about everyone was doing drugs in one form or another and we were no different, but the writing was too important for us to mess it up by getting off our heads all the time."

this song is not about tripping...its a bout a picture johns son brought back from school a drawing of a girl he liked which he called lucy with kelidascope or dimond eyes you dont really have to think too much into it or call him the antichrist what are you a parinoid consperisist

Ok, this song is the absolute shit...,and yes it is defintley talking about trippin..if uve ever tripped on lsd or mushrooms u would completely understand the part Talkin about the flowers grow so incredibly high cause walls breathe and the grass and flowers grow high when ur trippin...but anyhow its a beutiful song talkin about trippin..thats all thank u

Some people here are suggesting that the song is all subliminal messaging like they are well known for. Here's something to ponder. Maybe the song is about his son's friend, thee painting or drawing he did of her, but they knew that wouldn't make the best seller they wrote. So being the skilled businessmen they were, they devised a plot to make some people understand it really was about that, but to stay true to their fans, they threw in things to make it seem about drugs. Who knows. I certainly don't know for sure what thee hidden meaning is, period.

As for the music video, how many music videos do you see out there that have absolutely nothing to do with the song? Tons. Who is to say that isn't true of this song? Maybe for their image the video is that way. Maybe it is about an acid trip. Maybe we could speculate for 50 more years and never agree or conclude this debate.

And the title being all secretly hidden message, hahaha. Maybe, but most off thee time in titles you don't capitalize those other words anyway. in the with...

Nobody is ever going to be able to ask him what he was really thinking about so why don't we all just sit back and enjoy some good classics by the beatles and forget about trying to find the hidden meanings. It's a good song. Believe what you like about what it's about.

seriosly though, who gives a damb if they were high, or if it was inspiration from their sons picture, or even if its lucifur. i belive that we make our own personal meanings for songs, so who cares if you think its about LSD etc, everybodys entitled to their own opinions.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds is a beautiful song, but it has nothing to do with Lucifer. John Lennon's son drew a picture of a girl named Lucy who he liked. The picture showed the girl in the sky with diamond shaped eyes. Lennon's son called the picture "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", hense the inspiration for the name and chorus. As far the verses go, the Beatles are talking about tripping on LSD.

Dont believe it? Do some research on the song.

The song is about LSD they were on it when they wrote it. Listen to the lyrics it makes no sense to see kalidescope eyes unless theyre trippin. And the title. (L)ucy in the (S)ky with (D)iamonds. It says it in the title stupid.