Paul is C-R-A-Z-Y

It's official: Paul McCartney has lost his mind. Apparently George Harrison so valued the encouragement Macca gave him as a budding songwriter at the height of Beatlemania that he has gallantly consented to help The Beatles bassist from beyond the grave. A song on Paulie's upcoming album was finished thanks to George's intervention:

Sir Paul said he was remained unsure about the meaning of the song's lyrics.

"I thought, OK, the 'waiting on the other side' is also a little bit loaded, it can be crossing the river Jordan or whatever, that sort of thing. There's a little bit of double meaning there," he said.

"It was funny, particularly the second verse: 'I've been sliding down a slippy slope, I've been climbing up a slowly burning rope.' I just thought - it's a George song."

Maybe this is a subtle dig at George, as in: "For all your griping, you were often as banal and uninspired as I seem to be with greater frequency these days. Care to help, mate?" Someone cut his fucking rope, burning or otherwise.