Lyricists play with words.
I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.
My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other.