Why The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows' Confused John Lennon

John Lennon didn’t understand The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” when he wrote it. The song is more straightforward than John claimed. The tune appeared on the seminal album Revolver.

John Lennon said he didn’t understand The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” when he wrote it. Subsequently, he said it was up to others to analyze The Beatles’ songs. John put “Tomorrow Never Knows” in the same category as another Fab Four song which is very different.During a 1968 interview with Rolling Stone, was asked about analyses of his songs. “Well, they can take them apart,” he replied. “They can take anything apart. I mean I hit it on all levels, you know. We write lyrics, and I write lyrics that you don’t realize what they mean till after. Especially some of the better songs or some of the more flowing ones, like ‘[I Am the] Walrus.’ The whole first verse was written without any knowledge.”

Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com

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