What is the meaning of the song “Come Together” by The Beatles?
This song was written by John Lennon during his and Yoko’s bed-in in Toronto in May 1969. It came about when their friend, Timothy Leary, the LSD drug mahatma and self-proclaimed liberator of the world’s collective mind, slowed up at the bed-in. At this time, Leary had made a decision to run for political office, and came up with the campaign slogan of “Come Together.” With this slogan in mind, he asked John to write him a song using it, that his followers could sing on the campaign trail. Lennon’s take on the slogan was to come together and join the party, and wrote the song. Before Leary could use it, he was arrested and went to jail. As a result of Leary being gone, Lennon figured his obligation to him was no longer in force, thus he and The Beatles recorded it.
