![]() Through the heat whispered trees (Menlove Avenue is an avenue so lined by trees) ![]() ![]() Took a walk down the street (251 Menlove Avenue, his childhood home) It seemed so real to me (it was real to him) I know, yes, I know, seemed so very real (it was real as it happened, but was incomprehensively unreal) Was it just a dream? (again, so incomprehensively amazing, was is a dream?) So long ago was it in a dream (looking back on his life and that amazing time) The lyrics do seem prophetic, and every time I hear the song, I am taken through the dream-like sequence of events of that horrific think the song is about the Beatles and his modest childhood origins, reminiscing, like Strawberry Fields: But, OTOH, quantum physics is damn weird, so who the heck knows? He believes something (what? the afterlife? another dimension?), but, he cannot say more because he is no longer in this universe / dimension (?).Īgain, I am a complete skeptic re psychic phenomena, an afterlife, etc. "The spirit dance was unfolding" He was dying - leaving his body - thus the "spirit dance was unfolding." Rather, I have read that, despite being shot, Yoko commented that he just continued walking forward until he entered the inside guard kiosk where he collapsed.Īnother interpretation of "Thru the mirror go round, round." Could refer to his recently released album "Double Fantasy" - a mirror fantasy between him and his assassin Chapman of the events of that night. "Thru the mirror go round, round (I had read one time that as Lennon was hit he spun from the bullets)"ĭon't think he spun around. "Heat" possibly referring that these "trees" (buildings) were heated (unlike the coldness of the actual trees). "Thru the heat whispered trees" - "trees" possibly referring to the tall buildings of NY. Seemed so very real, it seemed so real to me."Ī couple of possible variants on the above poster's interpretations: And in a dream-like state, he is wondering if what he is remembering was all real or just a (very bad) dream. He takes the perspective of being in the future, looking back at the events of that night as if he was remembering them. The first set of lyrics seem to describe a reverse deja vu experience. I have often wondered if it was only me who noticed the parallels. and, coming from me, a non-religious materialist, is a tad surprising). The lyrics seem to match up so well with the events of that horrific night. In fact, sends a shiver down my spine when I hear the lyrics. ![]() John seems to be prophetically anticipate the events of the night of his death. Just my opinion but I have always felt that Lennon dream t his own passing and wrote it in this song. The spirit dance was unfolding (a dance was coming to an end that had started earlier in the day betwwen Chapman and Lennon) Music touching my soul, something warm, sudden cold (As he passed the music touched his soul-his blood would have made him feel something warm and as he went into shock and passed he would have felt sudden cold) I thought I could feel (feel, feel, feel) Thru the mirror go round, round (I had read one time that as Lennon was hit he spun from the bullets) Somebody call out my name as it started to rain (Chapman calls out Lennon's' name) I thought I could hear (hear, hear, hear) Thru the heat whispered trees (Late at night-less noise in NYC. Took a walk down the street (Lennon was walking on the street towards his apartment) As in all dreams, not everything matches up. If you heard that facts that came out after his death it would appear that this song tells the story of his death. My InterpretationI have always felt that this was a dream by Lennon.
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