JOHN LENNON SAID HE ACCIDENTALLY WROTE ‘I AM THE WALRUS’ ABOUT THE WRONG CHARACTER

John Lennon wrote "I Am the Walrus" in 1967, during the height of the Beatles' psychedelic period. The song is a strange and surreal journey, filled with nonsense lyrics and references to Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter."

Lennon has said that he wrote the song to confound listeners who had been trying to find hidden meanings in the Beatles' lyrics. 

One of John Lennon’s favorite Beatles songs was “I Am the Walrus.” It’s also one of the band’s most confounding tunes. Based on the Lewis Carroll poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from  Through the Looking-Glass, Lennon wrote intentionally confusing lyrics. He explained that when he went back over the source poem, he realized he’d misinterpreted it. He’d written the song about the wrong character.

Lennon appreciated that “I Am the Walrus” was a song that listeners could find new meaning in every time they heard it. He wrote it based on “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a poem he admitted to not understanding until after writing the song. 

“It’s from ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’; Alice in Wonderland,” he said in The Beatles Anthology. “To me, it was a beautiful poem. It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist system. I never went into that bit about what he really meant, like people are doing with The Beatles’ work.”

He also hadn’t realized that the Walrus was the villain of the poem. He’d liked the image of him from the film Alice in Wonderland so much that he’d written him into the song.

“Later I went back and looked at it and realised that the Walrus was the bad guy in the story, and the Carpenter was the good guy,” Lennon explained. “I thought, ‘Oh, s***, I’ve picked the wrong guy.’ But it wouldn’t have been the same, would it? ‘I Am the Carpenter…’ We saw the movie in LA, and the Walrus was a big capitalist that ate all the f***ing oysters. I always had the image of the Walrus in the garden and I loved it, and so I didn’t ever check what the Walrus was. He’s a f***ing bastard — that’s what he turns out to be.”

“‘Walrus’ is just saying a dream — the words don’t mean a lot,” he explained. “People draw so many conclusions and it’s ridiculous.”

“I’ve had tongue in cheek all along — all of them tongue in cheek,” Lennon said. “Just because other people see depths of whatever in it … What does it really mean, ‘I am the eggman’? It could have been the pudding basin, for all I care. It’s not that serious.”

Though Lennon said the song had no meaning, the BBC banned it.

"I Am the Walrus" is a complex and challenging song, but it is also one of the Beatles' most iconic and beloved songs. It is a testament to Lennon's creativity and his willingness to push the boundaries of music.

"I Am the Walrus" is a timeless classic that continues to be enjoyed by fans of all ages. It is a reminder of the Beatles' unique ability to create music that is both challenging and accessible.

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