But I had a dream where my mother, who had been dead at that point for about 10 years, came to me in the dream and it was as if she could see that I was troubled,” he told The Salt Lake Tribune.
And I went to bed one night and had a kind of restless night. “I think I was getting, like, a little bit over the top with – getting pretty tired and pretty wasted. “And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me / Speaking words of wisdom, ‘Let it be.’”Īt first somber, then enlightening and rich, “Let It Be” was directly inspired by a dream McCartney once had. Contrary to some beliefs, he is not making a reference to Virgin Mother Mary from the Bible here instead, it’s a nod to his mother, who was reportedly anti-religion and came to him one night in a dream, thus inspiring the song’s early roots. “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me / Speaking words of wisdom, ‘Let it be,’” McCartney sings on the first verse. A piano base stretches up to the sky, and soon electric guitars wail in unison, giving the enduring classic a soothing, cathartic quality. Written by Paul McCartney, the iconic band recorded the song for their 1970 album (of the same name), their very last studio record together. The Beatles’ “Let It Be” evokes a majestic quality, from its serene and straight forward melody to its crescendo and eventual crash of instruments.
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