Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Feb 27, 2011 9:40:48 GMT
Summer's Almost Gone
Summer's almost gone
Summer's almost gone
Almost gone
Yeah, it's almost gone
Where will we be
When the summer's gone?
Morning found us calmly unaware
Noon burned gold into our hair
At night, we swam the Laughing sea
When summer's gone
Where will we be
Where will we be
Where will we be
Morning found us calmly unaware
Noon burned gold into our hair
At night, we swam the Laughing sea
When summer's gone
Where will we be
Summer's almost gone
Summer's almost gone
We had some good times
But they're gone
The winter's comin' on
Summer's almost gone
This was one of Jim Morrison's earliest lyrics and appears on the 1965 Doors demo.
Most likely written during his rooftop period when he saw the legendary concert in his head. But what does he mean by this?
I have discussed this on several forums for it is one of my top 5 favourite Doors songs.
My take on this is that it is exploring the same themes Neil Young would do with his excellent Sugar Mountain.
In other words it is simply about life.
Morning found us calmly unaware
For me this refers to being born and early childhood when we saw a day as something magical but were oblivious to how fragile we were. We believed we could do anything and become anybody we wanted. Of course we were delusional as this was far from the truth.
Noon burned gold into our hair
Refers to early adulthood to middle age when the realisation sets in and we see that our chances are limited and as we grow we become wiser for the experience and learn to settle for what we have and simply enjoy life for what it is.
A period of shattered illusion and realisation but also one of worldliness and wisdom.
At night, we swam the Laughing sea
When summer's gone
Where will we be
This deals with middle to later life and the realisation we are indeed mortal and the age old question of what we will be once our time is up.
I would postulate that the laughing sea refers to the way in old age we remember our younger days with fondness and in our memories we do indeed swim the laughing sea of all we acheived and all that we once knew.
Where indeed will we be when 'summer' in other words life itself has all been used up.
We had some good times
But they're gone
The winter's comin' on
Simply the advent of death and the totting up of the score and whether we were in the plus or minus. Everything you had or were would be 'gone' once the winter (ie death) came.
Summer's almost gone....the fate of all of us!
A very philosophical song which wraps up a lot of interesting questions into such a simple bit of wordplay.
One of the best examples for me of Jim Morrison and the perceptiveness of his writing.
Summer's almost gone
Summer's almost gone
Almost gone
Yeah, it's almost gone
Where will we be
When the summer's gone?
Morning found us calmly unaware
Noon burned gold into our hair
At night, we swam the Laughing sea
When summer's gone
Where will we be
Where will we be
Where will we be
Morning found us calmly unaware
Noon burned gold into our hair
At night, we swam the Laughing sea
When summer's gone
Where will we be
Summer's almost gone
Summer's almost gone
We had some good times
But they're gone
The winter's comin' on
Summer's almost gone
This was one of Jim Morrison's earliest lyrics and appears on the 1965 Doors demo.
Most likely written during his rooftop period when he saw the legendary concert in his head. But what does he mean by this?
I have discussed this on several forums for it is one of my top 5 favourite Doors songs.
My take on this is that it is exploring the same themes Neil Young would do with his excellent Sugar Mountain.
In other words it is simply about life.
Morning found us calmly unaware
For me this refers to being born and early childhood when we saw a day as something magical but were oblivious to how fragile we were. We believed we could do anything and become anybody we wanted. Of course we were delusional as this was far from the truth.
Noon burned gold into our hair
Refers to early adulthood to middle age when the realisation sets in and we see that our chances are limited and as we grow we become wiser for the experience and learn to settle for what we have and simply enjoy life for what it is.
A period of shattered illusion and realisation but also one of worldliness and wisdom.
At night, we swam the Laughing sea
When summer's gone
Where will we be
This deals with middle to later life and the realisation we are indeed mortal and the age old question of what we will be once our time is up.
I would postulate that the laughing sea refers to the way in old age we remember our younger days with fondness and in our memories we do indeed swim the laughing sea of all we acheived and all that we once knew.
Where indeed will we be when 'summer' in other words life itself has all been used up.
We had some good times
But they're gone
The winter's comin' on
Simply the advent of death and the totting up of the score and whether we were in the plus or minus. Everything you had or were would be 'gone' once the winter (ie death) came.
Summer's almost gone....the fate of all of us!
A very philosophical song which wraps up a lot of interesting questions into such a simple bit of wordplay.
One of the best examples for me of Jim Morrison and the perceptiveness of his writing.
