Date 2021-12-06
Category Foreign Music, Lyrics, New Music
70’s band, The Beatles get a 2021 mix for their 1970 song, “Across the Universe”, produced by Phil Spector. Listen, stream, buy, read the lyrics, mp3 download.
The Beatles Across The Universe
In a 1970 interview, Lennon referred to this song as:
[…] one of the best lyrics I’ve written. In fact, it could be the best. It’s good poetry, or whatever you call it, without chewin’ it. See, the ones I like are the ones that stand as words, without melody. They don’t have to have any melody, like a poem, you can read them.
Written during 1967-68, the lyrics are typical of Lennon’s songwriting during the time: dreamy, abstract and highly image-based.
The title of the song was used as that of a 2007 film based around Beatles songs.
The song was recorded on February 4, 1968. At the 40th anniversary of that day, NASA beamed “Across the Universe” into space in the direction of the North Star, Polaris.
The Beatles – Across the Universe (prod. Phil Spector)
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
[Chorus]
Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
[Verse 2]
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
[Chorus]
Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
[Verse 3]
Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
[Chorus]
Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
