"Weird scenes inside the gold mine."
song ~ “The End”
artist ~ The Doors
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes, again
Can you picture what will be, so limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land
Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane, all the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah
There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake, he's old, and his skin is cold
The west is the best, the west is the best
Get here, and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is callin' us, the blue bus is callin' us
Driver, where you taking us?
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and, then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door, and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother, I want to f––––––––– (unintelligible)––––––––
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock, on a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock, c'mon, yeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end. (Image source)
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Jim Morrison wrote this song about the breakup of his relationship with his girlfriend. However, it soon evolved into more than a simple song about the end of a relationship. As with the greatest poetry, the lyrics taken as a whole say much more than the words and phrases alone can ever state or imply.
Farewell to innocence
Morrison himself said that, while “The End” started out as “a simple goodbye song,” it could also be interpreted as a goodbye to childhood. And in fact, it might even be a sad and pensive farewell to innocence, or even a song about death.
Morrison added that the song was “sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be.”
That is particularly so in relation to the spoken-word portion in the middle of the song, in which Morrison evokes the Oedipus complex of Greek drama. As keyboard player Ray Manzarek said, Morrison brought theater to the rock’n’roll stage. (Image source)
Life will end, beauty will remain
After the manic interlude, the song once again turns quiet, and the lyrics again turn pensive and resigned. Morrison once again addresses his “beautiful friend,” sadly noting that, indeed, “this is the end.”
The end of “laughter,” the end of “soft lies,” the end of suicidal nights, the end of a relationship … and maybe, the end of life. How sad. But how wonderful that we still have this masterpiece.
The Doors – "The End" (Right-click to hear on YouTube)
Lyrics by Jim Morrison, courtesy of – SongFacts.com
References – Wikipedia
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