Faul threatening John?

[MotherNaureSon]

Probably this has already been posted, but:

In RAM Faul sings "3 legs" wich says:

You can knock me down with a feather, yes you could
But you know it's not allowed (but you know it's not allowed)


Is it some kind of threat to John?

In fact, John always thought that song was referred to him, that's why he dedicated two songs to Faul in Imagine:

- - - -

You can shine your shoes and wear a suit,
You can comb your hair and look quite cute,
You can hide your face behind a smile,
One thing you can't hide is when your crippled inside,

You can wear a mask and paint you face,
You can call youself a new race,
You can Wear a coller and a tie,
One thing you can't hide is when your crippled inside,

Well you know your cat has nine lives babe,
Nine lives to it's self,
But you only got one and a dog's life ain't fun,
Mamma take alook outside,

You can go to church and sing a hymn,
Judge me by the colour of my skin,
You can live a lie untill you die,
One thing you can't hide is when you crippled inside.

- - - - -

So Sgt. Pepper took you by suprise,
You better thru that mother's eyes,
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead,
The one mistake you made was in your head, (because now it's bigger?)
How do you sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?

A pretty face may last a year or two,
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do,
The sound you make is muzak to my ears,
You must have learnt something all thos years,

- - - - -

[Asher]

Sounds like John is telling the story.

[ZioMarco]

Both in "Crippled Inside" and "How do you sleep", John uses the term "Mamma".

Cause this term is used only in Italy, this could be another proof that Faul's mother is Italian.

[MrMustard]

Mother said:

You can knock me down with a feather, yes you could
But you know it's not allowed (but you know it's not allowed)

Didn't John tell Julian before he died that he would send him a feather from the spirit world (if he happened to die, which he did) as a form of contact - this reference to feathers is kind of strange....you can knock me down with a feather....from the spirit world? Maybe that's a bit far fetched...

[MotherNaureSon]

I don't think so, Miss Mustard.

The expression "knock me with a feather" is quite common in English, though I don't know the exact meaning. I think that line only means something like "I know you can ruin my life if you tell the truth, but you know they (or I, or whoever) won't allow you to"

[IanSingleton777]

ON THE CONTRARY....

Kudos to Miss Mustard; YOU ARE CORRECT. John indeed did make the comment to Julian at some point that he would communicate via a feather.

Julian himself relates the story with great emotion, how he and his mom Cynthia were doing something with her fireplace in her home, tearing it out, working on it, something or other.

they indeed found a large, beautiful feather in a place where it should never have been, or couldn't have gotten. They also found a liverpool newspaper with the feather which turned out to be dated on a significant date from way back, which had meaning in the life of John. Julian himself accepts this as proof of communication from his Dad. 'free...AS A BIRD..."