One line was taken from a poem, "Sand and Foam" by the Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran. "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you."
John Lennon uses a capo installed on the second fret of his guitar to perform this song. Thus the song is tonally in D Major, even though John performs it in C Major.
The picking style of this song is identical to "Dear Prudence" and "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" from the same album.
