The song, Come Together, by the Beatles was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in 1969 and

was released in the album Abbey Road. Originally written to promote Timothy Leary in his campaign for Governor of California in 1969, the song later developed into a Beatles track after Learys campaign ended. The song was primarily imagery and was written in the eyes of John Lennon himself. Each verse follows a pattern; the first line is about Johns first meeting with the member; the second line is about a memorable theme of the band member; the third line is about Johns feelings towards the other members at the peak of their conflicts; the forth line represents Johns thoughts about the other members, as well as thoughts of himself. To get his message across his audience, Lennon wrote the song with a bluesy feel. The rhythm of the song is in 4/4 and the tempo has a certain groove that carries throughout the entire song. With the bass guitar highly resonant and the drums tightly sound, the song gives the audience the feeling of riding on a wave. The authors use of language shows that the intended audiences for the song are those who are familiar with the hippie way of life. Lines like He got hair down to his knee (Lennon, McCartney 3) and He shoot coca-cola (Lennon, McCartney 6) indicate that those who hear the song know that a person with hair down to his knee is

someone who lived in the 60s, where men and woman had lengthy, free-falling, and natural looking hairstyles. Also, the term coca-cola, in the context of the song, refers to the drug, cocaine. Two themes presented in the song are come together as a cohesive whole or the lives of drug lords or dealers. By writing about each Beatle in each verse, and making the chorus, Come together, right now, over me, (Lennon, McCartney 15-16) Lennon was using the song to break the tension between the band and unite them as a group. Also, the lyrics can also be interpreted as references to drugs and/or the effects drugs have on a person who takes them. The line, He bag production (Lennon, McCartney 17) can refer to someone who produces drugs. He shoot coca-cola (Lennon, McCartney 11) refers to cocaine. Finally, You can feel his disease (Lennon, McCartney 23) can be a reference to drug addiction. In conclusion, Come Together has developed from a political slogan to a chart-topping hit. Using the writers usage of imagery, rhyme scheme, and language, the listener was able to come up with the universal theme for the song come together as one.