I Am He, As You Are He, As You Are Me

Hello Humans! Very little people know this about me, but one of my most favorite songs is "I Am the Walrus," by the Beatles. It's about the weirdest and tippiest song you will ever encounter. The story of why this song was written, is actually really hilarious. So, people were talking about Beatles conspiracy theories, making radio shows, and even college courses on it. People loved to analyze songs by the Beatles, whether it was forwards, backwards, upside down, translated into latin, or listening to everything said in the background. Many theories were drawn up, from one that stated that the Beatles were a drug cartel, and how they communicated to customers was through their music, to the most famous, Paul is Dead theory. I actually wrote a 10 page argumentative paper on the "Paul is Dead" theory, arguing that Paul was in fact dead, and got 100% on it. I still have that paper, and am rather proud of it. Because these theories were coming up so often, and people were starting to focus on them more than the Beatles and their actual amazing music, John Lennon decided to write a song that was so random, that it would confuse so many people, and be virtually impossible to put together. This song, was "I Am the Walrus."

"I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. I'm crying. Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come. Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday, man you've been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the Walrus! Goo Goo G'Joob! Mister city policeman sitting pretty little policemen in a row. See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run. I'm crying. I'm crying. I'm crying. I'm crying. Yellow-matter-custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Crab-a-locker fish-wife, pornographic preistess, boy you've been a naughty girl, you've let your nickers down. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the Walrus! Goo Goo G'Joob! Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come, you get a tan from standing in the English rain. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the Walrus! Goo Goo G'Joob-a-Goo Goo G'Joob! Expert texpert, choking smokers, don't you think the Joker laughs at you. See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide. I'm cring. Semolina Pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower. Elementary Penguins singing Hare Krishna. Man, you should've seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the Walrus! Goo Goo G'Joob! a-Goo Goo G'Joob! Goo Goo G'Joob-a-Goo Goo G'Joob-a-Joob!"

I really love this song because of the randomness of it. I mean, John Lennon definitely did a great job of confusing literally everyone. It is such an iconic song of the time as well, because it is pretty trippy, and still incorporates many of the weird instruments from India that the Beatles loved to use in their songs. If you haven't heard this song, go listen to it, and watch the music video. You will thank me later... or maybe not depending on who you are.

"I Am the Walrus" also teaches me to not over-analyze things. A lot of times, we try to over analyze or over explain things, when really the answer is really plain and simple. My Calculus teacher demonstrated this perfectly the other day. He was trying to prove to us why the derivatives of the trig functions had to be taken in radians instead of degrees. He took twenty minutes of our class period, doing this elaborate proof, that really made no sense, because when mathematicians get into their math, they don't talk a lot, and if they do talk, it's all gibberish. I know this, because I am a scientist and mathematician, and I do this all the time. But, he wrote the conversion factor up on the board, and I literally proved the exact same thing to myself in a total of less than a minute, by using the simple and easy dimensional analysis, which I've used all too much in Chemistry and Physics. I learned then that a lot of times, the world will see things in a different perspective. People will find what they want to find and see what they want to see. For me, Science is easy, because I expect it to be easy and make sense in my brain. Same with math. For most people, the world has trained you to think that science and math is hard, so it ends up being hard. Same with the gospel. People who look for doubts and faults in the gospel will find them, because it's a perfect gospel, but built by imperfect men. But, if you love and accept the gospel, you look past the faults of men, and realize that it is a perfect gospel.

So, don't over analyze things. Try to see everything simply, and the world will be a happier and easier place to live in. Stay wild, flower child.