THE WORD

It has been cited as the first instance in which The Beatles began writing about love in more abstract terms, versus concrete girl/boy terms, a la "She Loves You." In the lyric, "the word is love," and the singer preaches, "Say the word and you'll be free."



The song was first written by John Lennon and it’s one of his first songs in which he started to include a political agenda in his songwritting, though the reference to love made people think other things. It has, however, a message that says that with love we can do anything (as in All you need is love).


The story is about the relationship of two friends in a lifetime.


Es usualmente citada como la primera canción de los Beatles en hablar sobre el amor de una manera abstracta, contra canciones del tipo chico/chica, como "She Loves You". En las letras, "la palabra es amor," como predica el cantante y, "di la palabra y serás libre."


La canción fue escrita primeramente por John Lennon y es una de las primeras canciones de Lennon en tratar de política, aunque las referencias de este tipo son obscurecidas por las referencias al amor. Pero es, sin embargo, un mensaje que dice que con amor podemos sobrepasar todas las fronteras (como en All You Need Is Love).


El cuento trata sobre la relación de dos amigos durante toda una vida.


THE LYRICS / LA LETRA


Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me
Say the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
In the beginning I misunderstood
But now I've got it, the word is good

Spread the word and you'll be free
spread the word and be like be
spread the work I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
Every where I go I hear it said
In the good and bad books that I have read

Give the word a chance to say
That the word is just the way
It's the word I'm thinking of
And the only word is love
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
Now that I know what I feel must be right
I'm here to show everybody the light

Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me
Say the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love