Love, Peace, Joy

I should have posted this awhile ago, but it’s no matter.

The overall title of my blog is “It’s All Too Much.” As someone could have surmised, that’s a Beatles tune. It’s not one of their more famous ones; it’s pretty obscure. You can find it on the Yellow Submarine Songtrack that came out in ’99.

It’s a Harrison composition and I truly think it exemplifies all that was the Beatles in about 6 and ½ minutes. The actual music of it is psychedelic I s’pose, but it’s a good combination of rock and psychedelic, with some horns thrown in for kicks. The lyrics convey a variety of things. Again, psychedelic, but there are love song elements in it as well. And the song is just fun and you can tell that the Beatles had a great time making it. At the end they’re repeating “too much” over and over, and at times I’m positive they’re saying “tuba” simply because they thought it was funny. This song represents everything the Beatles were musically: love song extraordinaire-s, psychedelic pioneers, but most importantly, this song (like all of theirs to me) goes straight to your soul and you love it in ways that you can’t explain. You can’t explain it because it affects you on a whole different level, on a plane of existence that we can’t describe because it’s undiscovered.

I think if I wanted to really get esoteric on you, I could say that this song represents the ‘60s and how we view it now. Because if you listen to it, the song is utter chaos—but it works. Just like the ‘60s.

But enough rambling. The lyrics and the song:

[All too much!]

It's all too much
It's all too much

When I look into your eyes, your love is there for me
And the more I go inside, the more there is to see

It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
Everywhere, it's what you make
For us to take, it's all too much

Floating down the stream of time from life to life with me
Makes no difference where you are or where you'd like to be

It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around here
All the world is birthday cake
So take a piece but not too much

Sail me on a silver sun, where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere, and get me home for tea

It's all too much for me to see
The love that's shining all around here
The more I learn, the less I know
But what I do is all too much

It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
Everywhere, it's what you make
For us to take, it's all too much

It's too much
Ah, it's too much

With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue

You're too much, ah
We all get too much

Too much, too much, too much
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a, too much a, too much a
Too much a

Much, much, much, much, much
Much, much, much, much, much
Much, much, much, much, much
Much, much, much, much, much
Much, much, much, much, much

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