I just realised today that I still haven't featured a song by The Beatles, which really is terrible of me, because I absolutely love them. My all-time favourite song of theirs would be 'A Day in the Life' from their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' which is a fantastic album, as it also has my childhood favourite song 'When I'm Sixty-four' (which I would sing with my dad impersonating the instrumentals) as well as other classics like 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' and 'With a little help from my friends.'
But despite my love for that album and those songs that I've mentioned, the song which I'm talking about today is 'For No One.' This is from the album 'Revolver' (another great album), the song sung and written by Paul McCartney and it definitely is one of my top favourite songs of his. It's a very short song, only lasting two minutes, but those two minutes are incredible. Even John Lennon said that it was one of his favourites of Paul's work. It's about the end of a relationship, where love just died for one of them, when it "should have lasted years," however it can be interpreted differently to different people. I know that I interpret it slightly differently, with a whole backstory to how the love died, but I think that's because I just love the song so much that I've dedicated a lot of thought into creating an extra narrative, sort of like the unsaid words within the song. Like the fan fiction of the song, and one day I might even write it. But the lyrics do stand out, with them really placing you into the singer's emotional state; the use of speaking in the second person, which is especially affective. It's an incredibly moving piece, also with brilliant instrumentals.
But despite my love for that album and those songs that I've mentioned, the song which I'm talking about today is 'For No One.' This is from the album 'Revolver' (another great album), the song sung and written by Paul McCartney and it definitely is one of my top favourite songs of his. It's a very short song, only lasting two minutes, but those two minutes are incredible. Even John Lennon said that it was one of his favourites of Paul's work. It's about the end of a relationship, where love just died for one of them, when it "should have lasted years," however it can be interpreted differently to different people. I know that I interpret it slightly differently, with a whole backstory to how the love died, but I think that's because I just love the song so much that I've dedicated a lot of thought into creating an extra narrative, sort of like the unsaid words within the song. Like the fan fiction of the song, and one day I might even write it. But the lyrics do stand out, with them really placing you into the singer's emotional state; the use of speaking in the second person, which is especially affective. It's an incredibly moving piece, also with brilliant instrumentals.
And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years
Have to say, that I'm also a fan of this album cover
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