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Beatles - Norwegian Wood Song MeaningsLyrics:I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me. She showed me her room, isn’t it good, norwegian wood? She asked me to stay and she told ... (See the rest of these lyrics) Submitted by: capitalist Added: 2006-01-15 19:28:44 Rating:  "She showed me her rooms
Submitted by: anonymous I think he loves the Norwegian Wood! I agree with that too, just look at it! I love Norway.
Submitted by: anonymous He loved Scandanavian women. Norwegian Wood refers to him having a "woody" over Scandanavian women. He loves them .... It makes him go hard and woody.
Submitted by: anonymous This song as said by John (and Paul) was about one of John's many affairs. He meets a girl, goes home with her, drinks a bit, sleep together. In the morning she's gone because she got what she wanted from him. He said he always felt like shit because of what he was doing. Norwegian wood has absoltely nothing to do with Norway - it is referring to the cheap wood used to make furiture (that plywood material is according to Paul called Norwedgian Wood to make it sound better). John angry that he is being used decides to burn down the shitty apartment (he never really did burn them down but he wanted too, he's taken a bit of artistic liberty).
Submitted by: anonymous John wrote this song about an affair he was having, while he didn't want his wife Cynthia to konw that he was having an affair. I've always thought that the song is about a prostitute, but I'm not positive of that. The words Norwegian Wood is a play on the words "knowing she would".
Submitted by: ringo Norwegian wood = knowing she would
Submitted by: anonymous The song IS about an affair that John had and in attempts to hide the fact from his wife he traded the direct and indescrete "knowing she would" for the more poetic and obscure "Norwegian Wood'.
Submitted by: anonymous John was pullin a bird in norway during their last tour of that retched place...She was a one night stand that turned into a few days...She was a workin girl..Had a job to go to in the morn ..John didnt..She had said on the way out the door she'd always thought he was a laugh since seeing the bathtub scene in hard days night...Laugh..Crawled off to sleep in the bath....After that comment he wanted to burn the crappy teak filled room down..But he didnt...He wrot e the tune instead!!
Submitted by: anonymous Inspired by an affair, John was so pissed he wanted to burn her house down. Paul is still uptight about the lyrics.
Submitted by: anonymous The song, originally titled, "Knowing She Would," is about an affair that John had with a hooker while going through a rough time with his first wife Cynthia, who he later divorced to marry that hideous creature known simply as YOKO.
Submitted by: mungbean Agreed, is about burning the chick's house down after 'this bird had flown' after getting some tang off john. Lucky girl!
Submitted by: Roo 2006-04-08 is the explanation, I have a biography and N. Wood is actually cheapo wood, I am not typing my interpretation as Anonymous on 2006-04-08 must be a true Beatles fan as they are correct!
Submitted by: anonymous Norwegian Wood is the slang for Cheap Pine, which cheap British Flats were made of. This song actually of the story of John Cheating on his wife. He is trying to tell his friend who is sick the story without letting his wife know.
Submitted by: beatles921 This song is about one of the many affairs John was having during the 60's but the line "I lit a fire" I believe refers to him lighting up a joint and smoking before he leaves..i doubt he actually burned the whore's apt. down
Submitted by: anonymous Yeah, Norwegian wood is cheap pine, and also sounds like knowing she would. John lights a fire, possibly meaning the apartment, or as some people said, a joint. I think the point is having lyrics that are open to interpretation. Maybe John and Paul said it was about an affair or a prostitute, and Lucy in the sky with diamonds is about a child's art project. But its when you start accepting the artists statements as definitive, the magic is lost from the song.
Submitted by: anonymous Alright so if you watch any of The Beatles Anthology, John talks about this song in it... The working title for this song was "Knowing She Would." However, the title/song was to promiscuous for the censors at the time. Knowing Brian Epstein (The Beatles manager) would put up an fight and ultimately cost the band money or air-time, John simply changed the title to "Norwegian Wood," because it fit the syllables. The term "Norwegian Wood" comes from the bands knick-name for marijuana. The story, according to John, is that the four of them were in Buckingham Palace getting ready for a ceremony with the Queen, when they snuck into the bathroom to smoke some pot and came up with the phrase. Ever since then, the name "Norwegian Wood" has been the 'code word' for John(rip), Paul, George(rip) and Ringo. He added the last line so people might possibly pick up on the clever well placed hint. He was surprised when he noticed no one really ever did (until he told the world).
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