Discover the story of the song > Eleanor Rigby – Soulive

The lyrics of "Eleanor Rigby" talk about two lonely people, Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie. Eleanor Rigby is a woman who lives in a dream and waits at the window. She wears a fake smile and picks up rice at weddings, but nobody knows who it is for. Father McKenzie is a priest who writes sermons that nobody listens to and darns his socks alone at night. In the end, Eleanor Rigby dies and is buried without anyone coming to her funeral, and Father McKenzie is left feeling empty. The song asks where all the lonely people come from and where they belong.