| | Horse Latitudes Lyrics Artist(Band):The Doors
And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters, True sailing is dead. Awkward instant And the first animal is jettisoned, Legs furiously pumping Their stiff green gallop, And heads bob up Poise Delicate Pause Consent In mute nostril agony Carefully refined And sealed over. If you find some error in Horse Latitudes Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to dr_smith2001@mail.ru for submitting the lyrics. Review about Horse Latitudes Study people, study. | Reviewer: Eli | 9/28/09 When stuck the water for days, people imagine seeing all kinds of things. Cloud shapes, movements in the water, and night time images in the sky. Sailors made claims that they saw distant monsters in these areas in any of the aforementioned scenes. The 'tiny monsters' refers to the belief that freakish monsters living there would inhale all the breeze rendering the air to be still. So still that ships did not move in the water and would 'sit' in the latitudes for days with no signs of a stiff breeze. Ancient maps showed monster heads in the area of the ocean. (Google this and look at it.) Sailors imagined sea serpents and air monsters in the slight movement of the ocean. Because these areas were strange, they were thought to be places where the monsters dwelled and would halt sailing ships to render their bounty. These ships often carried livestock from Spain to transport them to the West Indies. Theories range from sacrificing animals to throwing them overboard to feed the the monsters who would then exhale and allow the ship to sail in the breeze once again. Other theories were that to toss the livestock out would 'lighten' the ship making it easier to move in slight breezes. Major theory is that the animals would die as food and water storage depleted so tossing them overboard eliminated them as a maintenance problem, especially if they died on board. It was also theorized that anything that died on board a sailing ship was bad luck. Fear of this caused all sorts of logic and beliefs, as well as songs and poems. Their 'stiff green gallop' refers to the mighty effort of muscles thrashing wildly when an animal is thrown into the water. All their bodily muscles are used as they try to survive. From the point of view of the horse, Morrison described what it must have been like. 'Green' meaning alive and active no longer atrophied as it must be used by involuntary action to try to survive. You'll notice he says 'furiously pumping' which is an excellent description of what panic an animal would experience. Morrison studied the horse latitudes and wrote a piece on the experience of the sailors and of the horses. No drug meaning in there, no metaphors for struggle in life, just a historical account of what it must have been like to watch an animal drown. It is a piece of drama, based on truth, nothing more. while in high school | Reviewer: jwhall | 7/6/09 I first heard this in high school.on the surface I was alittle withdrawn.Under it all,was tumoil and a strong desire for a "normal" life.Some what like when simone an garfunke sang I am a rock,I took it to mean a way of keeping the monsters in my head at bay.I always thought this poem was a reference to not being able to feel normal when faced with internal demons. Tiny Monsters | Reviewer: stevo1 | 6/22/09 ...sayruh wrote on 9/4/07: "i dont know what the tiny monsters are, but keeping this in mind, the rest of the song makes sense." Due to the near currentless and windless area of the Horse Latitudes, this area is also known to produce prolific algae and plankton blooms...hence the "tiny monsters." This also references the "stiff green gallop" line with the horses thrashing about in the algae/plankton rich sea green water trying to swim. As someone mentioned before, this piece is much more literal than people make it out. It's really a lot more simple than we imagine, it just sounds so profound...but, then again...that's Jim for ya. He could make the most mundane things seem awesome! Horse Latitudes. | Reviewer: Will | 5/7/09 I don't know what it's about. But I think we can't interpret a poem. It's a matter of feelings, more than a matter of thoughts. Maybe Jim was the only one that could really know the meaning of it. I wanted to ask him... but his on the other side. =\ The real meaning of the poem/song | Reviewer: Jim Griffin | 2/14/09 This was one of Jim's poems he made in high school. He saw a painting of a horse being jettisoned (cast overboard). So it inspired him to make the poem. It stuck with him through journals and such. The rest of the Doors liked it, so they turned into a song. They had people in the studio make the moans and groans you hear. Atleast thats what I've read in "Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend" by Stephen Davis, and "No One Here Gets Out Alive" by Danny Sugarman and Jerry Hopkins (2 of the best selling and known books about Mr. Morrison) Jim Lives Forever Within Us! WOW | Reviewer: Tahlia | 10/10/08 Just listening to this gives me goosebumps. Everyone says its very scary but I think its my favorite poem. maybe the sound effects and the wailing give it more power. There are so many interpretations to this song. My interpretation is just the sheer horror the horses feel. Also imagine the sailors having to watch these animals thrashing in the water. Awful. I don't think its about heroin but you never know. Some people say its about war, losing your virginity. Hell, Wikipedia even says its about the point of ejaculation so who knows?! Jim Morrison was very talented, that's all I know. Poet to Poet | Reviewer: ArkAngel | 9/13/08 There's a really good collection of poetry by Northern Irish poet Paul Muldoon called Horse Latitudes which is a good place to go after you've absorbed Jim's song. Muldoon was born in County Armagh but now lives in the US teaching at Princeton. He was described by the Times Literary Supplement as "The most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War." Since Jim was born during the war we can let that one go. As a science teacher and musician.... | Reviewer: Cosmic Traveler | 2/14/08 The Horse Latitudes are between 30 & 35 degrees N & S of the equator. This is a region where cool dry air falls onto all these areas. The air is very dry, all the water having condensed out of it as it rose over the tropics (doldrums, or Intertropical Convergence Zone ITCZ). Deserts occur when the Horse Latitudes are over land. However, sailing ships would become stuck in the calm seas and because of dry conditions, would run short on water and the animals would have to be "jettisoned" to prevent having a boatload of rotting horseflesh. Therefore: Horse Latitudes. Jim was a poet, he wrote this in high school when he learned of the tales of the sailors and the horse latitudes. This poem is acutally more literal than most of us realize!! It is very good, I use it to teach my students about Horse Latitudes. Sexuallity | Reviewer: Mark 2000 | 10/13/07 I disagree with the heroin references. Jim never ever took the stuff and he was strongly against it. This is more about loss of virginity. Poise, delicate, pause, consent. Double Meanings! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/18/07 Besides the interpretations above, which are correct, this did happen in history, horse is a slang for heroin, and latitude can mean freedom from restrictions. Every single line in this song can be taken in 2 ways of sailing or heroin usage. This was originally written while Morrison was in high school, and before he ever took drugs which makes it all the more incredible. Review By Pages: 1 2 Review the song Horse Latitudes The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "The Doors" Music | | ||||||||||||
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