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| From | "Eytan Mirsky" <eytanmirsky@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: bridge/We can work it out |
| Date | Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:28:02 -0400 |
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ARticle:
The song "We Can Work It Out," for instance, has a typical
McCartney optimism to it, until the bridge, thought to be by
Lennon, becomes darker, more dubious, and more hurried
on the bridge - "Life is very short, and there's no time ."
Says Mann: "It's like the devil's advocate."
Me:
I'm no Beatles expert, but (every one of my songs has a bridge and) I don't
get this. Doesn't the bridge actually seem slower, not faster. It even goes
into a kind of psuedo 3/4 time at the end of the lines, kind of like it's
winding down, mimicking the lyrical idea that "there's no time."
Personally, I was never sure I really understood this song anyway. I always
thought the lyrics had a deliberate irony to them. I mean "We can work it
out" if you see it MY way, but if you insist on seeing it YOUR way, then
everything might fall apart. Maybe this isn't deliberate?
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