Within You Without You - The Beatles

COPYRIGHT 1967 EMI RECORDS LTD.

Within You Without You" is a song written by George Harrison and released on The Beatles' 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It features only Harrison and a group of uncredited Indian musicians, although producer George Martin arranged the string section, and Harrison and assistant Neil Aspinall played the tambura. According to Prema Music, dilrubha player Amrit Gajjar played on the track.[1] It is the second of Harrison's songs to be explicitly influenced by Indian classical music, after "Love You To", and Harrison's only composition on Sgt. Pepper. "Within You Without You" was written on a harmonium at the house of long-time Beatles friend Klaus Voormann, while "there were lots of joints being smoked".[2]

The song, originally written as a 30-minute piece and trimmed down into a mini-version for the album, is in Mixolydian mode.[3] The laughter at the end was Harrison's idea to lighten the mood and follow the theme of the album. Sped up to C#, an instrumental version at the original speed and key appears on the Anthology 2 album.

The song was also included on the 2006 remix album Love. For this album, George Harrison's lyrics and melody were mixed over the rhythm of "Tomorrow Never Knows", and elements of the percussion were placed alongside "Love You To" in "Here Comes the Sun". The blending of these two similar songs is considered the most effective form of mashup on the album.[4] All of the music for Love was remixed and remastered by the Beatles producer Sir George Martin and his son Giles. The Love remix is one of the main songs in The Beatles: Rock Band.[5] The original version will also be released as downloadable content along with the rest of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album in November 2009.

LYRICS

We were talking
about the space between us all
and people who hide themselves
behind a wall of illusion
never glimpse the truth
then it's far too late
when they pass away

We were talking
about the love we all could share
When we find it
to try our best to hold it there
with our love, with our love
we could save the world
if they only knew

Try to realize it's all within yourself
no one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
and life flows on within you and without you

We were talking
about the love that's gone so cold
and the people who gain the world
and lose their soul
They don't know, they can't see
Are you one of them

When you've seen beyond yourself
then you may find
peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come
when you see we're all one
and life flows on within you and without you

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[SuperBspb]

I want a sitar.

[leafninja247]

Seriously....who needs drugs when you have this?

[beatleep]

@leafninja247 The Beatles are my drug! they spend all this time in school saying don't do drugs, the Beatles should be included "Remember, children, The Beatles are bad for you." They make me think on such a deeper level.

[MariaMorphine999]

Happy Birthday George, we love you<3

[msliscool]

@leafninja247 Why not have both? *Takes LSD*

[insidefood]

@leafninja247 this + drugs = the awesomeness of this x10

[mickeymousebiker1]

George was a true seeker and a visionary. I pray and hope he found what he was looking for. The same curse (cancer) that stole George away from us also took away the Darling of My Life -- My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife -- My Lady Barbra Rose. Life, Light, and Joy to all.

[jazzynet1]

we didnt have a stereo but we had a turntable and a huge mono system my dad used for jazz and we would shake the entire block when we blew those babies up and listened to this beautiful music :).

[genolatinoiii]

Seek a higher purpose. Challenge yourself. Only we can save ourselves.You don't have to be wasted, or a rock star or a genius to understand this simple concept.

[mandiegirl68]

Im faded, this song is a triiip ! ~~~~~~~~~~

[leafninja247]

@theatlantisrise I insist, I'm good :P xD

[theatlantisrise]

@leafninja247 You'll thank me five years from now.