Wednesday, March 8, 2023
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
This morning, I transcribed the lyrics of "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" from the booklet from The Beatles. I noticed something that may be obvious, but I'll note it anyway: the lines "Your inside is out and your outside is in / Your outside is in and your inside is out" have a chiastic structure, and this sort of inversion (within each line and between the two lines) illustrates the reversal that the lyrics seem to mention. Basically, the structure mirrors the meaning.
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