"Paul is Dead" clues from Let It Be

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Let It Be

Let It Be, the end product of the "Get Back" sessions, was the final album released by The Beatles. This album contained very few "Paul is Dead" clues.

1 Cover
2 Lyrics
- 2.1 Let It Be
- 2.2 Get Back
3 Explanations of the clues
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Cover

On the cover of Let it Be, Paul appears to be singled out from the other Beatles in two ways. First, he is facing forward while the other Beatles are looking to the left. Second, Paul is the only Beatle whose face is not behind a white background. What's more, said background appears to be blood red.

Let It Be… Naked

When the album was remixed into Let It Be... Naked Paul's picture is still facing a different way than all the others, even with a new picture for George added, and the background is still different, a white background for Paul with a somber black for the rest.

[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Let It Be

The lyrics from McCartney's piece "Let It Be" include "I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me". This has been interpreted by believers to signify Paul meeting his mother Mary, who died when he was 14, in heaven.

A more obscure clue is that when the words "Let it be" are played backwards, they become "He is dead".

[edit] Get Back

When the chorus of "Get Back" is played backwards, it seems to become, "I need some wheels. Help me! Help me! Help me!", referring to Paul's car being totaled in the crash. [1]

[edit] Explanations of the clues

The pictures on the cover of Let It Be... Naked were merely negatives of the pictures of John, Paul, and Ringo from Let It Be and the new picture of George.