#Dear Friend

[lovedeshecho]

Reminder don’t get your hopes up during the talking stage.

#dear me #dear friend

[franklyimissparis]

truly obsessed with paul’s dedication to openly acknowledging that dear friend is about john but also absolutely refusing to speak about the line “i’m in love with a friend of mine”. the man has spoken about the meaning of literally every single other line except for that one and i respect it (despite how nosy i am)

#honestly him saying ‘yep this is abt john’ and then not speaking abt that line tells me more #loved the way he spoke abt it in the lyrics book tho 💗💗 #and him saying it could have been called ‘what the fuck man’ but that probably wouldn’t have flown in the early 70s 😭😭 #paul mccartney #john lennon #mclennon #wings #dear friend

[fireintheimpala]

I can’t believe Paul McCartney sings ‘oh darling’ instead of ‘dear friend’ at the end of this take. Do you know how hard I’m trying to not get weird about the word ‘darling,’ Sir Paul?? You’re not helping…

#mclennon #paul mccartney #dear friend #oh darling #is the most painful Beatles breakup song imo #Paul McCartney crying out oh darling haunts me at night #darling is up there with wings and yesterday as words that make my ears perk #Youtube

[foryouwereinmysong]

I think the last line is, ‘Now we will start as friends’. Which makes sense, as I always heard the song as a reply to Dear Friend. It’s the same tempo, the same melancholic tone and he answers the question, ‘Is it really true?’ with the opening line, ‘You know it’s true’. I was always a bit on the fence with McLennon, but I think the line, ‘I’m still in love with you’ settles it actually. It’s official now, and in the end, they let John say it to the world, which seems fitting.

Thank you! „we will start as friends“ hinting to "Dear Friend" is really interesting! There are quite a lot of years between the songs, but I can clearly see the conversation in the lyrics: Dear friend, what's the time? Is this really the border line? And if I make it through  It's all because of you

Does it really mean so much to you? Are you afraid, or is it true? I know it’s true it’s all because of you (I'm still in love with you)

Dear friend, throw the wine I'm in love with a friend of mine If we must start again well we will know for sure that I love you (that we will start as friends)

Are you a fool, or is it true? Are you afraid, or is it true? I don't wanna lose you, oh no  Abuse you or confuse you 

#ask #now and then #dear friend #song analysis #the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #john and paul #mclennon #wings

[birdthatisbored]

MORIOR INVICTUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEATH BEFORE DEFEAT!!!!!!!! WE DIE UNVANQUISHEDDDD!!!!!

MORIOR INVICTUS!!! NO FORFEIT OR RETREAT!!!!! FURIOUS!! GLORIOUS!!! AND!!! TRIUMPHANTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH #DEAR FRIEND #sorry everybody #im just having a moment #red valley

[undying-love]

"We were guys; it wasn't like a boy and a girl"

Paul, The Lyrics, (2021)

#mclennon #Dear Friend #oh paul

[heartsinthebasement]

I’ve been thinking about Dear Friend and how Paul said about it “I don’t write anything consciously.”

I'm in love with a friend of mine.

Really truly, young and newly wed.

Mostly I think Paul is insane for writing this lyric and additionally then claiming he didn’t write it consciously. But after many listens to this song, well it hit me that these lines could hold another layer, could be harking back to a different time.

Paul cleverly doesn’t identify exactly who is young and newlywed. It could be John or Paul or both, as they were both recently married. I think that is intentional. Vagueness abounds! It could be either, and/or it could be referring to an earlier time. That feeling is strengthened by Paul’s vulnerable, high vocal that he uses in other songs about earlier days, like ‘Carrying’.

Because this isn’t the first time John’s been newlywed. He was actually truly young and newlywed in 1962 when he married Cynthia.

Paul standing in the registry office, dying inside as the friend he is in love with gets married. JUST A THOUGHT.

This specific scenario is such a trope in Mclennon fic: John’s marriage to Cyn is crushing in terms of John and Paul exploring their sexuality and relationship. And here it is, so easily surfacing in Paul’s John-centric love song.

I was in love with you then, back before we were famous.

#mclennon #dear friend #paul mccartney #john lennon #the beatles #song analysis #song analysis ruining my life #beatles meta #john and paul

[cosmicbeatles]

We don't talk about Dear Friend enough

“ At the time of writing this song, in early 1971, he’d called the McCartney album ‘rubbish’ in Rolling Stone magazine. It was a really difficult time. I just felt sad about the breakdown in our friendship, and this song kind of came flowing out. ”

“So, I’m having to read all this stuff, and on the one hand I’m thinking, ‘Oh fuck off, you fucking idiot,’ but on the other hand I’m thinking, ‘Why would you say that? Are you annoyed at me or are you jealous or what?”

“I was sort of answering him here, asking, ‘Does it need to be this hurtful?’ I think this is a good line: ‘Are you afraid, or is it true?’ – meaning, ‘Why is this argument going on? Is it because you’re afraid of something? Are you afraid of the split-up? Are you afraid of my doing something without you? Are you afraid of the consequences of your actions?”

“I would imagine he heard it. I think he listened to my records when they came out, but he never responded directly to me. That was not his way. We were guys; it wasn’t like a boy and girl. In those days you didn’t release much emotion with each other.”

Paul McCartney on "Dear Friend", The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

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Things that I want to scream about:

This boy math nonsense of thinking men can never show any emotion for one another while simultaneously putting out the lyrics "I'm in love with a friend of mine" in a song that is clearly about said estranged ex-best friend.

The way that that Paul completely leaves out any commentary on "I'm in love with a friend of mine" AND "Really truly, young and newly wed" despite there being only 8 lyrics in this entire song. That's literally 1/4th of the song. I'm not kidding.

"Are you afraid of the consequences of your actions?" Damn, Paul😭

#too many people wishes she were her #everyone wants to talk about I’m in love with a friend of mine #but what about really truly young and newly wed #hello??? #the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #dear friend #mine #screaming into the void

[poetici]

Dear friend

It's time to move on. It really is. You've been reliving your past over and over again. You've been hurting yourself by holding on to the memories.

I wish you could forget everything in the blink of an eye. But life doesn't work that way. It pains and bleeds. It feels like a thousand knives cutting through your heart. It's messy. It's exhausting.

Some people tell you to rip it off like a bandaid. Some people tell you to take your time.

Do whatever works for you.

Letting go isn't easy, friend. I know how it feels to hope for something and how it feels when the hope gets crushed. Once upon a time, I was standing where you are right now- afraid of the future and sad because of the past.

Do you know what I did to get through these turbulent times?

I wrote. And wrote. And wrote. I wrote through my sadness, my pain, my despair.

And one day, it liberated me.

#writeblr #poets on tumblr #writerscommunity #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #writing #poetici #writing community #excerpts #excerpts from a book i'll never write #heartbreak #letting go #loss #dear friend #dear friend series

[reverie-quotes]

I am aware that, every time I have a conversation with a book, I benefit from someone's decision against silence.

— Yiyun Li, Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life

#dear friend #yiyun li #quotes #literary quotes #literature #aapiheritage #writing #books #spilled ink #thoughts #lit #pretty quotes #quote of the day #reverie #reverie quotes #quote #book quote #book quotes #inspiring quote #inspiring quotes #beautiful quote #beautiful quotes #dear friend from my life i write to you in your life

[visionsofelle]

And if I'm dead to you why are you at the wake?

Cursing my name

Wishing I stayed

Look at how my tears ricochet

#mclennon #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #how do you sleep #jealous guy #taylor swift #my tears ricochet #folklore #my text #Spotify #dear friend

[thebirdandhersong]

@laurelindorenan I hope you know that this has been haunting my thoughts this whole week, Laurelin..... does it help you sleep?? does it?? does it not make you hungrier and therefore more awake?????

#i have never dreamed of bread nor have i ever considered it before bed but i may actually start now #dear friend

[daishitheprofessionalfool]

PAC'S CODE IS "FRIEND"! Tubbo's is "DEAR", and since Tubbo is one and Pac is two, it forms the phrase "DEAR FRIEND"! Thus, all participants probably will have one word of a sentence :0

#Qsmp #qsmp pactw #qsmp tubbo #Purgatory 2 #Dear Friend #I wonder what other participants will get

[how-to-get-away-with-study]

how difficult could it be to write a letter for an old friend?

and yet, I can't seem to find the words 🕯️

#italian studyblr #bullett journaling #bullet journal #notebook #tea time #tea set #late afternoon #scented candle #pencilcase #book #thomas Mann #dear friend #handwritten #letters #november #studyblr vibes #dark acadamia aesthetic