
Look out, cause here she comes./ When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide/ And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride/ And I get to the bottom and I see you again./ Well do you, don’t you want me to make you/ I’m coming down fast but don’t let me break you/ Tell me tell me tell me the answer/ You may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer./ Look out helter skelter helter skelter/ Helter skelter/ Look out helter skelter/ She’s coming down fast/ Yes she is/ Yes she is.Īccording to former Family member Brooks Poston, Manson told a group on New Year’s Eve 1968 his interpretation of the song:Īre you hep to what the Beatles are saying? Helter Skelter is coming down. Will you, won’t you want me to make you/ I’m coming down fast but don’t let me break you/ Tell me tell me tell me the answer/ You may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer./ Look out helter skelter helter skelter/ Helter skelter. When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide/ Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride/ Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.ĭo you, don’t you want me to love you/ I’m coming down fast but I’m miles above you/ Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer/ You may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer./ Helter skelter helter skelter/ Helter skelter. The lyrics of the infamous song are as follows: Manson thought the lyrics in the song spoke to his theory of racial tensions. Side three of the four-side album was the song “Helter Skelter.” The song was written by Paul McCartney. In 1968, The Beatles released an self-titled LP which became known known as the White Album. Soon enough, Manson’s preaching of the racial scenario developed a group of followers, known as the Manson Family.Ĭharles spoke of The Beatles as “the soul” and “ part of the hole in the infinite. Manson believed that The Beatles songs spoke to him clearly.

When Manson was an inmate in 1964 following a forgery conviction, his obsession with the British rock group, The Beatles was noted by fellow inmates. T00:05:31.000ZĪlong with the Book of Revelation, music was a huge influence on Manson. He talks about the cycle of how music evolved while he was locked up.


Charles Manson – Evolution of Music, The Beatles and Helter Skelter This is a little snippet of a Charles Manson interview where he talks about The Beatles, the way music evolved, and how music works.
