The Beatles – Fixing a Hole

The Beatles – Fixing a Hole

"Fixing a Hole" as written by John Winston Lennon and Paul James Mccartney....

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go

I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door
And kept my mind from wandering
Where it will go

And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong.

See the people standing there who disagree and never win
And wonder why they don't get in my door
I'm painting my room in the colourful way

And when my mind is wandering
There I will go
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong.

Silly people run around they worry me
And never ask me why they don't get past my door
I'm taking the time for a number of things
That weren't important yesterday
And I still go

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go

{ General Commenti think that this song isn't about an actual roof, though that's what may have inspired the song. nor do i think it's about drugs, though drugs could have had some influence. rather, it's about a person who is frustrated with the people around him, people that don't understand him.

rather than letting their ignorance get to him, he's building a "room" for himself inside his own mind, a place where he can go when people are bothering him. when he's in this room no one else can touch him, their bothersome thoughts can only get in through this little hole where "the rain gets in" and which he is currently fixing.

inside his room he can almost laugh at the "silliness" of the world, and people rushing around trying to get things done. its interesting inside his room because his own thoughts interest him, i.e., he's "painting the room in a colorful way".

essentially, this person in the song does not want to be bothered with the so called "real world"... he would rather let his own mind wander some place more important, some place infinately more interesting.

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