The End Lyrics

Performed by The Doors

This is the end
Beautiful friend
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 taken' 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...fuck you

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


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Loved the Doors | Reviewer: PinkFloydFan | 11/9/11

Loved the Doors - owned every Doors LP in vinyl. Hated this song. Hate violence in general. Hate mindless promotion of violence. Look at the LP Cover it's written by Jim Morrison - the other band members wouldn't put their name on it.

BTW: Woke up this morning and got my self a beer. The future's uncertain and the end is always near.

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j rich | Reviewer: Jason Rich | 8/5/11


I used to take a lot of LSD in my yonger days and during some bad trips I used to think that I was just minutes away from dying and I also had sexual thoughts about banging my own mom and having hatred towards my dad. But I grew up in a perfetcly normal family with no psychological or physical abuse ever imposed on me, I had very good parents. So basically I think these are just some of the strange reoccuring thoughts that many people have experienced when going down that dark hole.

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jim | Reviewer: swarup | 6/11/11

here is written 'kill,kill.kill..' ..that's actually wrong you know.. it's actually 'fuck,fuck,fuck...'
And that part where ha starts with 'killer awoke before dawn'.. he was actually playing the 'Oedipus Rex'..

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Why do everybody act like they wrote the fucking song! | Reviewer: Chief mojo risin | 4/5/11

Awesome song. When i hear it i always think of the end of the world or freedom. But only one person knows what this song is really about (chief mojo rising/Jim Morrison). So stop acting like you fucking wrote it! There was even some idiot that had copied and pasted from wikipedia which btw says the song is about a breakup and these boxs are for reviews like

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mouse trap | Reviewer: mary | 11/3/10

Check out how an ad for cheese used part of the Doors song in a totally different way. Find it at Mouse Trap and Cheese Advertisment on Metacafe or YouTube. I think the song is great but this little clip puts a new meaning on it. Enjoy.

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great song | Reviewer: Born2Truck | 6/29/10

Every artistic creation breaks from its creator and has a life of its own, as does this song, the result being a fraction of truth which can be interpreted in a handful of different ways. So as Kim Fowley stated in another song "Summertime's here,kitties,and it's time to take a trip."

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Alright just stop | Reviewer: The New Lizard King | 6/14/10

Just stop trying to go to deep into it. If anyone knows anything about The Lizard King, they would know that Jim hated lines that didn't have a double meaning. Everything he wrote meant more then one thing. He himself admited this song was psychedelically induced and caused the inspiration. Just stop reading into it and enjoy it.

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Insanity | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/30/10

I don't know anything about The Doors or the real Jim Morrison. For me, 'The End' is about drug induced spiral of insanity conveyed in a poetic hard hitting lyric. Also used artistically and exquisitely in 'Apocalypse Now'.

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I dont think so | Reviewer: Tyler B. | 5/17/10

I'm pretty sure half the people on here are full of s***. You guys are pulling random facts outta your a**. As well as just misinterpreting the whole song. The song is very deep and poetic don't get me wrong. But don't look so far into it. Native American culture says this and Shaman says this. Who cares. Listen to the music. Enjoy these pschedelic masterpieces. And don't have diareah of the mouth. Btw AT PETER GOESINYA. Really man?

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the real deal | Reviewer: peter goesinya | 7/4/09

In 1961 or maybe 62 Jim and I were in my VW bus going to a festival in Zepherhills, FL durring a break from school. We scored some heavy hitting tabs that put us way of course. I believe we ended up in sarasota. Durring the ride we stoped at a fill station to fuel up and Jim had to use the toilet. He got back in my VW and said he had just droped a "snake" that was "7 miles" long. He was sure that "the end" was near for him because he felt it was impossible to have a BM that large without dying from it. He was tripping his ass off and the only way I could chill him out was this blue rock candy I had in the glove box from the fill station. This is where the "blue rock" lyric came from. The king's high way part is because as we traveled down what turned out to be 75 south, we were the only ones on it for almost 2 hours and it made him feel like a king. He could do anything he wanted on it. Since we had no idea where we were at, Jim named it "the kings highway" anyway, we hung together for another year or so and parted ways. I hope this clears it up for you guys and gals. I miss him dearly.
Peter

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