Helter Skelter Alice In Wonderland Paul Mc Cartney The Beatles

Paul McCartney has indeed mentioned that he drew inspiration from a passage in Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland for the verses of The Beatles song Helter The specific passage that inspired McCartney was the line, I ve got to keep my feet warm, do you think I ought to wear a scarf spoken by the White Queen in the book. According to McCartney, he liked the randomness and absurdity of that line and wanted to incorporate a similar nonsensical feeling into Helter He wanted the song to have a raw and intense energy, and drawing from the chaotic and unpredictable nature of Alice s Adventures in Wonderland seemed fitting. While the verses of Helter Skelter were influenced by Carroll s work, the overall composition and arrangement of the song, including the heavy and distorted guitar sound, showcased The Beatles exploration of the emerging rock and roll genres at the ti