Let It Be
Paul McCartney Lyrics


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You gave me something
I understand
You gave me loving in the palm of my hand

I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

I want to tell you
And now's the time
I want to tell you that
You're going to be mine

I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

You gave me something
I understand
You gave me loving in the palm of my hand

I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you




Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Let Me Roll It" by Paul McCartney & Wings are a declaration of love in the form of a driving, blues-infused rock song. The song speaks to a sense of passion and longing, where the singer is trying to express his love to the object of his affection, but feels like his heart is racing too fast to fully articulate his emotions.


The first verse describes the gift of love that the singer has been given, with the line "You gave me something / I understand / You gave me loving in the palm of my hand." The second verse begins with a declaration that "now's the time" to express his feelings, and ends with the declaration that the object of his affection is "going to be mine."


Throughout the song, the repeated lines "Let me roll it / Let me roll it to you" function as both a call to action and a way of expressing the intense, driving emotions that the singer is experiencing. The final verse circles back to the gift of love that has been given, repeating the first verse with minor variations.


The driving, bluesy sound of the song's instrumentation and the repeated refrain of "Let me roll it" contribute to an overall sense of urgency and passion. McCartney's vocals are raw and energetic, adding to the sense that the singer is bursting with emotion.


Line by Line Meaning

You gave me something
You provided me with something of value


I understand
I comprehend what you provided me with


You gave me loving in the palm of my hand
You gave me affection that I can hold onto


I can't tell you how I feel
I am unable to express my emotions


My heart is like a wheel
My emotions are constantly changing


Let me roll it
Allow me to express myself freely


Let me roll it to you
Let me communicate my feelings to you


I want to tell you
I have a desire to express something to you


And now's the time
This is the appropriate moment to express myself


You're going to be mine
I have feelings towards you that suggest we will be together




Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: LINDA MCCARTNEY, PAUL MCCARTNEY

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@nycinstyle

PAUL McCARTNEY:
"I was going through a really difficult time around the autumn of 1968. It was late in the Beatles’ career and we had begun making a new album, a follow-up to the “White Album.” As a group we were starting to have problems. I think I was sensing the Beatles were breaking up, so I was staying up late at night, drinking, doing drugs, clubbing, the way a lot of people were at the time. I was really living and playing hard.
The other guys were all living out in the country with their partners, but I was still a bachelor in London with my own house in St. John’s Wood. And that was kind of at the back of my mind also, that maybe it was about time I found someone, because it was before I got together with Linda.
So, I was exhausted! Some nights I’d go to bed and my head would just flop on the pillow; and when I’d wake up I’d have difficulty pulling it off, thinking, “Good job I woke up just then or I might have suffocated":
Then one night, somewhere between deep sleep and insomnia, I had the most comforting dream about my mother, who died when I was only 14. She had been a nurse, my mum, and very hardworking, because she wanted the best for us. We weren’t a well-off family- we didn’t have a car, we just about had a television – so both of my parents went out to work, and Mum contributed a good half to the family income. At night when she came home, she would cook, so we didn’t have a lot of time with each other. But she was just a very comforting presence in my life. And when she died, one of the difficulties I had, as the years went by, was that I couldn’t recall her face so easily. That’s how it is for everyone, I think. As each day goes by, you just can’t bring their face into your mind, you have to use photographs and reminders like that.
So in this dream twelve years later, my mother appeared, and there was her face, completely clear, particularly her eyes, and she said to me very gently, very reassuringly: “LET IT BE.”
It was lovely. I woke up with a great feeling. It was really like she had visited me at this very difficult point in my life and gave me this message: Be gentle, don’t fight things, just try and go with the flow and it will all work out.
So, being a musician, I went right over to the piano and started writing a song: “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me”… Mary was my mother’s name… “Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” There will be an answer, let it be.” It didn’t take long. I wrote the main body of it in one go, and then the subsequent verses developed from there: “When all the broken-hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.”
I thought it was special, so I played it to the guys and ’round a lot of people, and later it also became the title of the album, because it had so much value to me, and because it just seemed definitive, those three little syllables. Plus, when something happens like that, as if by magic, I think it has a resonance that other people notice too.
Not very long after the dream, I got together with Linda, which was the saving of me. And it was as if my mum had sent her, you could say".



@paolaadamo6930

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
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"Follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong"

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@pokey5736

Mother Mary is watching over him. Thanks for sharing your son with us.

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John and George are watching over him ❤️

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Brian epstein too

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From hell

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