“Say the word and you’ll be free.
Say the word and be like me.
Say the word I’m thinking of.
Have you heard the word is love?”
To me, the lyrics of the Beatles’ “The Word” is the first song of theirs that is about Love, that does not seem to be strictly about Romantic Love.
Why is this Magickal, you ask? Because Love is THE most magickal thing there is. As Lennon and McCartney put it: “It’s so fine, it’s sunshine. It’s the word love. Now that I know what I feel must be right, I’m here to show everybody the light”.
I think that sums up their overall body of work (minus the few superficial – yet superb – smash hits that put them on the musical map)…it was their way of spreading the light. And they invite and urge us to do the same:
“Spread the word and you’ll be free.
Spread the word and be like me.
Spread the word I’m thinking of.
Have you heard the word is love?”
So what are you waiting for? Spread The Word…Love
The Word is from The Beatles Rubber Soul Album (1965)
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