is about lsd and hallucinations or is it about john lennon's daughter drawing a picture with a girl named lucy in the sky?
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
can someone please tell me what this song means?
is about lsd and hallucinations or is it about john lennon's daughter drawing a picture with a girl named lucy in the sky?
is about lsd and hallucinations or is it about john lennon's daughter drawing a picture with a girl named lucy in the sky?
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"If ignorance is bliss then ours is truly a blissful society."
"Meet my coalition forces, me myself and I."
"Logic is on a ski trip with it's great buddy reason."
"One lonely day a game of war will be won."
"Sometimes were too busy looking off into the distance, we can't see whats right in front of us."
"Hey is that a cloud off in the distance? No wait it's just a sheep flying."
"Have you ever wanted to be whisked off to a magical place....Delaware. Hi! I'm in Delaware!"
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Re: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
I've heard two stories about that song, the first being John's son Julian came home from school one day with a watercolor. His son had drawn a picture of his friend lucy flying through the night sky. The diamonds are stars and lucy is literally in the sky with the diamonds.understandablehorror wrote:can someone please tell me what this song means?![]()
is about lsd and hallucinations or is it about john lennon's daughter drawing a picture with a girl named lucy in the sky?
Then of course, the LSD version of it .. nobody knows for sure what the song is definitely about .. maybe a little of both. Then again people say he wrote it while on LSD, just taking imagery from the painting and basically tripping out. Which I can see happening as well. Either way it's a great song .. open to interpretation. I don't think there's any deep hidden meaning to it .. just a cool song.
Oh and in interviews John was pretty adamant in saying that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds came from his son's picture. Apparently a childhood and lifelong friend of Lennon, Pete Shotton, backed up Lennon's explanation. Whether the song lyrics or the song itself were what John saw on an acid trip or whether he was just writing another imaginative nonsensical song, that is your interpratation really.
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your right it is an awesome song, thnx for the explanation
~ Dan ~
"If ignorance is bliss then ours is truly a blissful society."
"Meet my coalition forces, me myself and I."
"Logic is on a ski trip with it's great buddy reason."
"One lonely day a game of war will be won."
"Sometimes were too busy looking off into the distance, we can't see whats right in front of us."
"Hey is that a cloud off in the distance? No wait it's just a sheep flying."
"Have you ever wanted to be whisked off to a magical place....Delaware. Hi! I'm in Delaware!"
"If ignorance is bliss then ours is truly a blissful society."
"Meet my coalition forces, me myself and I."
"Logic is on a ski trip with it's great buddy reason."
"One lonely day a game of war will be won."
"Sometimes were too busy looking off into the distance, we can't see whats right in front of us."
"Hey is that a cloud off in the distance? No wait it's just a sheep flying."
"Have you ever wanted to be whisked off to a magical place....Delaware. Hi! I'm in Delaware!"
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Re: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
yeah... i don't know man but if you wanna get some "life" talk to my man "Betty Crocker."understandablehorror wrote:can someone please tell me what this song means?![]()
is about lsd and hallucinations or is it about john lennon's daughter drawing a picture with a girl named lucy in the sky?
it's good shit. *winkwink*
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Re: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
sandsleeper wrote:yeah... i don't know man but if you wanna get some "life" talk to my man "Betty Crocker."understandablehorror wrote:can someone please tell me what this song means?![]()
is about lsd and hallucinations or is it about john lennon's daughter drawing a picture with a girl named lucy in the sky?
it's good shit. *winkwink*
Note to self: Check if Betty Crocker is really a man.

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ive never seen a picture of betty crocker
~ Dan ~
"If ignorance is bliss then ours is truly a blissful society."
"Meet my coalition forces, me myself and I."
"Logic is on a ski trip with it's great buddy reason."
"One lonely day a game of war will be won."
"Sometimes were too busy looking off into the distance, we can't see whats right in front of us."
"Hey is that a cloud off in the distance? No wait it's just a sheep flying."
"Have you ever wanted to be whisked off to a magical place....Delaware. Hi! I'm in Delaware!"
"If ignorance is bliss then ours is truly a blissful society."
"Meet my coalition forces, me myself and I."
"Logic is on a ski trip with it's great buddy reason."
"One lonely day a game of war will be won."
"Sometimes were too busy looking off into the distance, we can't see whats right in front of us."
"Hey is that a cloud off in the distance? No wait it's just a sheep flying."
"Have you ever wanted to be whisked off to a magical place....Delaware. Hi! I'm in Delaware!"
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