Jai Guru Deva, Om/
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” is like a prayer: Lennon says his mantra while he notices all the things going on all around him. Some of the words and images enter his mind and are “inciting and inviting” him and others just past by him just as all the rain would pass by a paper cup if you set out a cup to gather the rain.

Light, laughter, sound, sorrow, joy…it is all around him…across the universe. But right now, he is not going to let any of it penetrate him. He is going to do his mantra and calm his mind and “nothing is going to change his world.”

There are various versions of this song and the world wildlife version may be the best-though Lennon did not like that version. The bird sounds in the beginning add a spiritual and nature vibe that the other versions lack. The non-professional background singers in this version is preferable  to the choir in the remastered version. The WWF version has the proper amount of sitar too. The difference is slight though. Also check out the “naked” version.

Across the Universe Lyrics

Words are flowing out
Like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe.
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy,
Are drifting through my opened mind,
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai Guru Deva, Om.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

Images of broken light,
Which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe.
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box,
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe.

Jai Guru Deva, Om.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter, shades of life,
Are ringing through my open ears
Inciting and inviting me.
Limitless, undying love,
Which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe.

Jai Guru Deva, Om.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

Jai Guru Deva.
Jai Guru Deva.
Jai Guru Deva.
Jai Guru Deva.
Jai Guru Deva.
Jai Guru Deva.

Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney