John Lennon - I Know (I Know) Lyrics

This song is more country than anything on country radio today.

Hey Jude?

The years have passed so quickly One thing I've understood I am only learning To tell the trees from the wood I know what's coming down And I know where it's coming from And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am) But I never could speak my mind And I know just how you feel And I know now what I have done And I know and I'm guilty (yes I am) But I never could read your mind I know what I was missing But now my eyes can see I put myself in your place As you did for me Today I love you more than yesterday Right now I love you more right now And I know what's coming down I can feel where it's coming from And I know it's getting better (all the time) As we share in each other's minds Today I love you more than yesterday Right now I love you more right now Oh ho no more crying [Repeat: x4

Both Paul and Yoko had the marked habit of frequently appending their statements with "ya know?"Maybe Lennon is responding to both of them.

This is a masterpiece of a song...:)

Some compare this to 'I've got a feeling' but what's strange is that I heard a recording of John playing a song very similar to 'I've got a feeling' in demos from 1968. I wonder if Paul heard John playing that song.

John  stole this song's beginning from Paul's (and John's) I've Got A Feeling.

A love song to Paul

I’ve had this song stuck in my head for days now but couldn’t remember the name

Another thought is that its about Yoko mostly but the Paul McCartney references lyrically and musically were to make an artistic statement that he was putting the Beatles behind him and focusing all his love on Yoko and he was comparing his artistic collaborator Yoko to his prior one Paul in the importance of their work together. It was probably also an answer to Let Me Roll in It which came out earlier in the year and was about Paul's feelings about John and mimicked his musical style. John mimicked the song on Beef Jerky a year later on Walls and Bridges.

Some people are really invested in the JohnandYoko ballad. I'm sure that Yoko was never completely unpresent at this time, but I personally have no doubt the song is very, very, mainly to Paul. The I've Got A Feeling hook. The "Getting Better." "Yesterday." "I know, I know" is what John and Paul said to each other when they did one particular acid trip together, face to face, as they tried to read each others' minds. This song is like a direct message, not even coded. John was very conscious of his own lyrics (he fell for Allen Klein partly because Klein could quote them) and very conscious of Paul's songs as well, and the words are not coincidental. IMHO.

@K B Im not invested in anything, you guys are reading too much into it. I think its about Yoko, Paul but more about the state of the whole counterculture movement. And lastly if you bothered to listen to the album rather than pirating I Know off You Tube you'd know that several songs off Mind Games were about her and in a couple he mentions her by name in a couple. And did you see of cover of Mind Games? Yoko's picture is on the cover in the distance like a mountain. So hell yeah she was in his thoughts and the separation was her idea not his. But it matured John and allowed him to become a proper husband and father. Lastly his songs were many times about more than one thing. I'm not talking about thus anymore you guys just play guessing games rather than researching the song or the histories and don't even listen to the whole album.

Wow, some people are really invested making assumptions about what other people know or what they have in their brains, too! Awesome. Roger, over and out.

@K B No I don't know all you know but you didn't seem to know the stuff about the album I mentioned before because if you did you'd know Yoko was at the forefront of John's thoughts in 73. Anyway I wasn't talking just about you. Most people that have commented on I Know don't seem to be familiar with Beatle and Lennon history by their comments. Anyway I'm done, think what you want. Over and out is right

Still trying to find the version where "today" at around 1:50 isn't delayed lol.

John really did love Paul and really missed him. They were all brothers They were the Fab Four THE BEATLES

That cloud looks like a foot about to step on yokos face.

The years have passed so quickly
One thing I've understood
I am only learning
To tell the trees from wood

I know what's coming down
And I know where it's coming from
And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am)
But I never could speak my mind

And I know just how you feel
And I know now what I have done
And I know and I'm guilty
But I never could speak my mind

I know what I was missing
But now my eyes can see
I put myself in your place
As you did for me

Today I love you more than yesterday
Right now I love you more right now

Now I know what's coming down
I can feel where it's coming from
And I know it's getting better all the time
As we share in each other's minds

Today, I love you more than yesterday
Right now, I love you more right now

Ooo, no more crying
Ooo, no more crying
Ooo, no more crying
Ooo, no more crying




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Writer(s): John Lennon
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album: "Mind Games" (1973)

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I Love You John Lennon!!

It makes me cry.

Great song from fantastic album.Love it so much.
Actually, over the time people have realized that this is such as great album with brilliant arrangements of the songs and beautiful solo guitar parts by Spinozza. Otherwise, very underrated album at the time were issued.
World missing you John!

I put myself in your place, as you did for me

"I put myself in YOUR place." -- That is the Golden Rule, many tens of thousands of years old, as taught by Jesus and many before him. It works in your daily life, in all things. Try it. Try it in your consciousness, all day long. It works.
Jesus put the supreme introspection moral twist on it. It was not "do unto others as they DO unto you," but, rather,

"Do unto others as you would HAVE THEM do unto you!"

En éste LP Lennon lo hizo todo: Músicos de estudio y él sólo, sin un productor, y se nota. Podría haber sido un LP grandioso, pero pasó casi desaparcibido. Solo su genialidad hace que esas estupendas composiciones se salven.

Want to believe this was written for Paul. So beautiful.

John had a secret.He's telling us about it.Look at the albom photo and go as far as your imagination can take you...

such a great song.

Too bad you didn't know bullet proof vest Hypocrite!

No, it's a lot simpler than that: Execute the Evil. They don't belong among us. Weak New Yorkers allow that smiling POS to laugh at everybody and have "family visits." It's pathetic, tragic, and WEAK!

paul mccartney DEFINITELY crys when he hears this masterpiece 😢 but i do too 😟😢

paul mccartney definitely crys when he hears this masterpiece 😢 but i do 2

John and Paul vs Yoko (fuck!!!)

Como se te extraña genio!

Genio John Lennon un temaso, Hermoso

How Do You Sleep: Fuck you, Paul
I Know (I Know): Sorry, Paul.

1:24 to 1;33 sounds like Revolver songs (of course with the riff of I got a feeling too) All in this song is beautiful... John and Paul, an eternal love. Greetings from Argentina

A beautiFuL ALBum and very humane and philosoPHicAL sonGs about Love,life & RevoLution.

Today i LOVE you more than yesterday!

Im reaching the stars!!!

The years have passed so quickly
One thing I've understood
I am only learning
To tell the trees from the wood

I know what's coming down
And I know where it's coming from
And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am)
But I never could speak my mind

And I know just how you feel
And I know now what I have done
And I know and I'm guilty (yes I am)
But I never could read your mind

I know what I was missing
But now my eyes can see
I put myself in your place
As you did for me

Today I love you more than yesterday
Right now I love you more right now

And I know what's coming down
I can feel where it's coming from
And I know it's getting better (all the time)
As we share in each other's minds

Today I love you more than yesterday
Right now I love you more right now
Oh ho no more crying [Repeat: x4]

Compositores: John Lennon

Someone who notices the crazy bass line in this song? I mean, 2:35 is absolutely amazing.

Axel Axelsson it's solid and to be honest, the bass throughout the whole song is so prominent and adds such a beauty to the song. Bass never gets the recognition it deserves in songs

This is the only album in which Lennon employed the R&B bassist Gordon Edwards. The bass playing on the entire album is a highlight no doubt. Edwards also played on quite a bit of Yokos mid 70s stuff

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Eu...kkkk Mas não sei não... Vc acha que ele fez essa musica para o Paul?

@Moraisito Benyossef cara eu acho que sim, mas como nao tem prova concreta nao da pra afirmar, mas how do you sleep ctz foi pro Paul, essa nao tem como negar kkk

@Eli Fhoster Correto... Concordo... Parece sim que ele está pedindo desculpas ao Paul. Mas, também parece ser a Yoko. Ou ele matou dois coelhos...rs How do you sleep não tem como não ser. Se o John negou foi só pra ser bonzinho. kkkkk Mas beleza brother. Um abraço.

Gilmar voce é do caralho. Adoro sua maneira de se expressar. Bebo os seus videos. Fiquei seu amigo. Queria apertar sua mao um dia. Moro na Mooca em Sao Paulo. Qdo voce vem aqui em Sasmpa. Vamos nos encontrar pra um cafe. Estudo astrologia. Gostaria de saber seu signo. Voce e uma pessoa diferenciada. Seu senso de humor e impar e unico!!!! Parabens pelo otimo trabalho com a Beatles School. Sou fa e seguidor.

eu tenho quase certeza de que essa música foi para o Paul e para a Yoko, por isso têm dois "I Know"

Love this song..love the break of " today I love you more than yesterday" with that organ in the background. ❤

Eso le encantaría a ella

I had never heard this. Its like an Abbey road medley but an amazing 1

"Today I love you more than yesterday"🙈😢

carolina calamani ...it's gonna be alright..ok?

No more crying 😞

Mclennon? Where?

Bellatrixltg pls no

I've got a feeling!!! Wait... What

500º like! I have this vinyl!

Awesome... a gorgeous and meaningful man...nobody around like him.

John maravilhoso.tempos de ouro

Paul: Some People Never Know John: I Know

after "Dear Friend"

Paul : Dear Friend ,,, John : i Know💗

I love all the little nods to Paul's songs

Ah, such a beautiful song"! Mr Lennon, your murderer never killed you. When we can listen to your songs eternally you never die. Rock on forever. :)

I know you know

Today I love you more than Yesterday... ❤
I love u Arauz ❤ love of my life!

This song makes me cry, I once had a dear friend, I love her still, she loved me, but now these days are gone. She doesn't love me anymore

Friends are like gold dust, so difficult to find, but when found are precious. I think we all have met our best friend only to find they had feet of clay. :(

That means she was the wrong one and you're still living in the illusion that was supposed to drive you to search to find the right one. The one you find will be even better than you imagined.

One his best solo tracks.

Lennon was quoted as saying this was a throwaway song I happen to think it's pretty damn good for a throw away

solamente esta la nube donde te imagine y todavía lloro de emoción por las cosas que pasamos

I've got a feeling, a feeling deep inside
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
I've got a feeling, a feeling I can't hide
Oh no, oh no, oh no.
Yeah, I've got a feeling.
Oh please believe me, I'd hate to miss the train
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
And if you leave me I won't be late again
Oh no, oh no, oh no.
Yeah, I've got a feeling, yeah.
All these years I've been wandering around,
Wondering how come nobody told me
All that I was looking for was somebody
Who looked like you.
I've got a feeling, that keeps me on my toes
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
I've got a feeling, I think that everybody knows
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Yeah, yeah, I've got a feeling, yeah.
Yeah
Ev'rybody had a hard year
Ev'rybody had a good time
Ev'rybody had a wet dream,
Ev'rybody saw the sunshine
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Ev'rybody had a good year,
Ev'rybody let their hair down,
Ev'rybody pulled their socks up,
Ev'rybody put their foot down.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Yeah I've got a feeling
A feeling deep inside
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
I've got a feeling, a feeling I can't hide
Oh no
Oh no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I've got a feeling
I've got a feeling
Oh wait, this is not the song. Got damn.

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Best Lennon lyrics ever..🔮☯️🏜🎯🏂🐇🐳🐦🦆🎅🏿

Not funny Pingquin, Lennon came up with that rythem to I've got a feeling

jl said 'the song is nothing' according to wiki

so your ears and brain belong to wiki robot

Love this song I miss you John Lennon

I miss him too, he was a legend and continues being a legend

wow after listening to the lyrics i really do think this is about paul

@M D hahahah no, it's about Paul

rushe p no it’s about ringo.

​@M D DAMN, maybe u gotta the truth

it's about paul

@rushe p How would you know..

My favorite Mclennon song. Take notice the riff at the beginning and throughout is intended to be "I've got a feeling", a Paul song.

The line of "I know what I was missing" is John's response to a lyric in Paul McCartney's, 'Dear Boy.' He believed that the line of, "I hope you never know, dear boy, how much you missed," was for him.

"Today, I love you more than yesterday," is a hint at the song, 'Yesterday.'

What really shows that John made this for Paul was an EXACT reference to another Paul song, which was, "And I know it's getting better (all the time)"

Which, if you couldn't tell was based from the song "Getting Better" (John has actually made another reference of Getting Better in Beautiful Boy.)

I suppose you could call this an apology or love song John made for Paul. They truly did love each other. I just had to debunk some of the lyrics, mostly to show how much Lennon loved McCartney.
My thoughts on it, is simply beautiful. So powerful agh

They both wrote Getting Better although Paul write the Getting Better all the time part but I see your point on the rest. However its mostly about Yoko like 90% of Lennon's songs were. The thing is John's songs are almost never about one thing.

I just listened to this song closer than I ever had and I realized something. I had originally thought it was about Yoko mostly and also a little about society in general like a lot of Lennon's lyrics. Then I believed what you said about there being a lot about Paul in it. Well after listening to it I think its mostly about John's optimism that the changes that he always wanted to happen were coming to fruition and they would continue into the future. Also he was saying that he was too quick to criticize others and wasn't looking behavior enough hence the line "I'm only learning to tell the trees from wood". It was also about how he relates to Yoko and he was making apply to his relationships with people in general. Lastly I think he was kind of talking about Paul in a way where in the past he was too quick to dismiss the Beatles and especially Paul's work with them as light and frivolous and Paul's solo stuff as well and was realizing he was harsh. Hence the riffs from I've got a Feeling. He also parodied I've got a Feeling because he was optimistic of the future like I said before. The Getting Better reference was also for his hope for the future and a nod to Paul. With the Yesterday and What I'm missing you may have been reading to much in it because those are pretty general terms but the Yesterday could've been a reference to How Do You Sleep off Imagine where he attacked Paul and it was a way of saying he was too harsh on him. I think together we may have solved but who knows, Lennon was very complicated.

@Oledengamle
I read your comment, heard the song in my head, and have to say that you're almost right. However, it's not the verses but rather the choruses of "I Know" that sound like "Hey Jude".
"Hey Jude/don't make it bad/
Take a sad song/and make it better"
=
"And I know/what's comin' down/
And I know where/it's comin' from"

Other references -

Paul (When I'm 64): "When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now..."
John: "The years have passed so quickly."

John: "...I am only learning to tell the trees from the wood."
Paul (The Pound Is Sinking): "...it's evidently clear that you can't see the trees for the forest."

John: "...And I know just how you feel..."
Paul (Somebody Who Cares): "...and I know how you feel..."

Paul (What You're Doing): "Look what you're doing."
John: "...and I know now all I have done..."

John: "I put myself in your place as you did for me."
[This is a reference to John posing with a pig like Paul posed with a sheep, then Paul putting a pastoral scene on the cover of 'Wild Life' after John did the same for the cover of 'Plastic Ono Band'.]

John: "Oooo, no more crying."
Paul (Try Not To Cry): "Try not to cry."

Yeah, and "I know, I know" is what they said to each other when they did the staring-into-each-others'-souls acid trip.

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Bella canción

Breathless ! Fantastic song.
Thank you John.R I.P.

It's like I've got a felling

Yep! The intro riff and the riffs in the song were meant to sound like Ive got a feeling.

@uku 000 - Oh really? And you know that to be true because??????

@paranormal33 because i listened to the songs lmao. Even if its not intended to sound like each other, it has a pretty good damn similarity

I've got a feeling it's to get Paul's attention.

@Ed O'Meara John se está disculpando con Paul

I love Mind Games & Walls and remember when they played the last part of MG side 2. MG, one of the best ex-Beatles albums. Totally unterrated. - I remember going downtown to the biggest shopping-center in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1973 with my mother. Mind Games always laid on the grammophone in a furniture store (which was a part of the center) for a year. Later the vinyl was replaced by "Walls & Bridges". regards, Peter Thomsen, Denmark.

Beautiful memory

Fucking cool. Ya know ya know!?

Coming right after "How Do You Sleep?" to this, is awesome. Lol.

Very overlooked song

I know,thank God we all learn about peace an' Love,thank you everyone who worked in civil rights and the peace process before us.Amen.

The cover describes perfectly the toxic relationship they had. Disgraceful. A fantastic McLennon song, John.

Toxic relationship ? Dont really understand that, they had the closest relationship and bond even despite the conflict that happened between them

@uku 000 She's talking about John and Yoko's relationship as the album cover depicts an overwhelmingly large Yoko behind a minuscule John. Showing how the focus was on Yoko and John was controlled by him, I think...

@Jack Holmes since when is Yoko Ono a he? I know that it was probably a typo but you said him in the last sentence.

@GameSZ Yeah I meant her Haha, thanks.

awesome

Fucking love this song!
Thanks John

Your mother didn't teach you any better than public vulgarity? Grow up, punk. Even John didn't use gratuitous vulgarities in public, nor in his songs. You are an insecuity-tard.

I think i know why you got all short with me just now..lol no, i wasnt going to play the whole thing... but like i said... it was just in my feed... it was just a message

the years have passed so quickly....i am always so f'ing sad and full of tears when i hear that line. it's almost over for me, almost that time. it is ok that i feel sad about it.

For the soul there is neither birth not death

Leticia Huarez...hope you are still around 🖒

Be happy, it is a beautiful song. No more crying...

I swore to myself that I would find something nice to say about the next song. But here it is, and unfortunately I slipped into a love song sugar coma half way through, so I will be unable to write anything. Sorry...

Why did you promise yourself that?