Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles · Abbey Road (Remastered)
A quiet, radiant exhale after a long winter
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Take Caution: Leans toward what could dull or mislead. Approach carefully.
- Consider Avoiding: Celebrates what Scripture warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
'Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.' The entire arc of this song is that verse set to melody: the winter was real, and so is the sun returning.
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
The Preacher's wisdom that there is a season for everything grounds the song's emotional logic. The cold was its season; now comes another.
This is one of the simplest, most universally felt songs in the Beatles catalog. Harrison captures that almost inexpressible feeling when a long, hard season finally breaks and the light comes back. There is no theology here, but there is something deeply true: darkness does not last forever, ice does melts, smiles do return. The song's repeated 'it's alright' lands not as denial but as earned reassurance, the kind that comes after enduring something real.
No concerning content whatsoever. The imagery is simple and beautiful: cold giving way to warmth, frozen things melting, smiles returning.
The song does not invoke God by name, but it carries a deep sense of relief, renewal, and the return of light after a season of darkness. That posture echoes a great deal of Scripture without trying to.
George Harrison wrote this as a personal breath of relief after a difficult season with the band and in his own life. The intent is genuine and the effect is warmth and hope.
Is there a long winter in your own life right now where this song feels less like a pleasant memory and more like a hope you are still waiting on?