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In their pleas for forgiveness, acknowledgement of weakness and promise of self-improvement, Harrison's words have been described by author Ian Inglis as offering a similar statement to the Christian [[wikipedia:Lord's Prayer|Lord's Prayer]].<ref name="Inglis p 31">Inglis, p. 31.</ref> Inglis highlights the song's final verse – particularly the lines "Help me Lord, please / To burn out this desire" – as being an "almost flagellatory ... self-chastisement" on Harrison's part.<ref name="Inglis p 31" /> Religious academic Joshua Greene recognises the same [[wikipedia:couplet|couplet]] as an example of Harrison the "life-lover", prone to "sexual fantasies", and just one facet of its parent album's "intimately detailed account of a spiritual journey".<ref>Greene, p. 181.</ref> | In their pleas for forgiveness, acknowledgement of weakness and promise of self-improvement, Harrison's words have been described by author Ian Inglis as offering a similar statement to the Christian [[wikipedia:Lord's Prayer|Lord's Prayer]].<ref name="Inglis p 31">Inglis, p. 31.</ref> Inglis highlights the song's final verse – particularly the lines "Help me Lord, please / To burn out this desire" – as being an "almost flagellatory ... self-chastisement" on Harrison's part.<ref name="Inglis p 31" /> Religious academic Joshua Greene recognises the same [[wikipedia:couplet|couplet]] as an example of Harrison the "life-lover", prone to "sexual fantasies", and just one facet of its parent album's "intimately detailed account of a spiritual journey".<ref>Greene, p. 181.</ref> | ||
== Lyrics == | |||
{{Poem quote|title=Hear Me Lord|author=George Harrison|text=Forgive me lord | |||
Please, those years when I ignored you, hmm | |||
Forgive them lord | |||
Those that feel they can't afford you, hmm | |||
Help me lord, please | |||
To rise above this dealing, hmm | |||
Help me lord, please | |||
To love you with more feeling, hmm | |||
At both ends of the road | |||
To the left and the right | |||
Above and below us | |||
Out and in, there's no place that you're not in | |||
Oh, won't you hear me lord | |||
At both ends of the road | |||
To the left and the right | |||
Above and below us | |||
Out and in, there's no place that you're not in | |||
Oh, won't you hear me lord | |||
Help me lord, please | |||
To rise a little higher, hmm | |||
Help me lord, please | |||
To burn out this desire, hmm | |||
Hear me lord, please | |||
Hear me lord, please | |||
Oh, won't you please, please | |||
Hear me lord | |||
Oh, hear me lord | |||
Hear me lord | |||
Oh, won't you please, please | |||
Hear me lord | |||
My lord, my lord, my lord | |||
(Hear me lord) | |||
Now, won't you please (hear me lord) | |||
My lord, my lord, my lord | |||
Won't you please / (Hear me lord) | |||
Oh, hear me lord, hear me lord | |||
(Hear me lord) | |||
}} | |||
== Remastered 2014 == | |||
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==The Beatles' ''Get Back'' sessions== | ==The Beatles' ''Get Back'' sessions== | ||