Eleanor Rigby
Echoes of Solitude: Decoding Alice Cooper's Eleanor Rigby
Lyrics
Look at all the lonely people
Observation of lonely individuals
Look at all the lonely people
Reiteration of the observation of lonely individuals
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church
Introduction of Eleanor Rigby performing a mundane task after a wedding
Where a wedding has been, lives in a dream
Describing Eleanor living in a dream world
Waits at the window, wearing the face
Depicting Eleanor waiting at the window with a facade
That she keeps in a jar by the door, who is it for?
Reference to a face kept in a jar, questioning its purpose
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Raising a question about the origin of all lonely people
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Pondering where lonely people belong
Father McKenzie, writing the words to a sermon
Introduction of Father McKenzie writing an unheard sermon
That no one will hear, no one comes near
Emphasizing the lack of audience for Father McKenzie's words
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night
Depicting Father McKenzie working alone, darning his socks
When there's nobody there, what does he care?
Highlighting Father McKenzie's indifference in the absence of others
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Repeating the question about the origin of lonely people
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Repeating the question about where lonely people belong
Look at all the lonely people
Observation of lonely individuals (repeated)
Look at all the lonely people
Reiteration of the observation of lonely individuals (repeated)
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
Revealing Eleanor Rigby's death in the church
And was buried along with her name, nobody came
Describing Eleanor's burial without any attendees
Father Mckenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands
Depicting Father McKenzie wiping dirt from his hands after the burial
As he walks from the grave, no one was saved
Highlighting the lack of salvation as Father McKenzie walks away
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Repeating the question about the origin of lonely people
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Repeating the question about where lonely people belong
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