Eleanor Rigby
Echoes of Solitude: Unveiling the Loneliness in Eleanor Rigby's World
Lyrics
Ah look at all the lonely people
Expressing observation of lonely individuals
Ah look at all the lonely people
Reiteration of the observation of lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
Describing Eleanor Rigby picking up rice after a wedding in a church
In the church where a wedding has been
Highlighting the setting of the church with a past wedding
Lives in a dream
Describing Eleanor Rigby as living in a dream, possibly a lonely existence
Waits at the window, wearing the face
Depicting Eleanor waiting at the window with a mask of emotion
That she keeps in a jar by the door
Describing the face kept in a jar, symbolizing a facade or hidden emotions
Who is it for
Pondering the purpose of Eleanor's facade
All the lonely people
Rhetorical question about lonely people and their origins
Where do they all come from?
Questioning where lonely people come from
All the lonely people
Repetition of the question about lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Questioning where lonely people belong
Father McKenzie, writing the words
Introducing Father McKenzie writing a sermon nobody will hear
Of a sermon that no one will hear
Emphasizing the lack of audience for Father McKenzie's words
No one comes near
Highlighting the isolation of Father McKenzie
Look at him working, darning his socks
Depicting Father McKenzie darning his socks alone at night
In the night when there's nobody there
Describing the loneliness in Father McKenzie's life
What does he care
Reflecting on Father McKenzie's indifference to his solitude
All the lonely people
Rhetorical question about the origins of lonely people
Where do they all come from?
Reiteration of the question about lonely people's origins
All the lonely people
Repetition of the question about where lonely people come from
Where do they all belong?
Reiteration of the question about where lonely people belong
Ah look at all the lonely people
Reiteration of the observation of lonely individuals
Ah look at all the lonely people
Repetition of the observation of lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
Narrating Eleanor Rigby's death in the church and burial with no attendees
And was buried along with her name
Highlighting the lack of recognition as Eleanor is buried with her name
Nobody came
Emphasizing the loneliness of Eleanor's death with nobody attending
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
Depicting Father McKenzie cleaning his hands after a lonely burial
From his hands as he walks from the grave
Describing Father McKenzie walking away from the grave with no one saved
No one was saved
Highlighting the lack of salvation or help for those in need
All the lonely people
Rhetorical question about the origins of lonely people
Where do they all come from?
Reiteration of the question about lonely people's origins
All the lonely people
Repetition of the question about where lonely people come from
Where do they all belong?
Reiteration of the question about where lonely people belong
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