Context

This line is from the song "Hey Jude" by the Beatles from the album The White Album (1968).

In "Hey Jude" Paul McCartney tries to cheer someone up! That's so sweet. We all need a little cheering up every now and then.

What does Uncle Paul recommend? Well, he suggests letting someone "into your heart, then you can start to make it better." That's lovely, right? Well, he also might be talking about heroin, which makes nothing better.

Where you've heard it

You've heard this if someone named Judy (or maybe Julian, since the song was originally written for John Lennon's son) is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Or from a drug dealer.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

If this song is truly about heroin use making things better, it's much higher on the scale. Any other interpretation doesn't quite outweigh this pretentious possibility.