Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Apr 15, 2011 10:49:50 GMT
What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?
What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?
To please the lions in this day
I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me
I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me
I need someone and who doesn't need me
I see the bathroom is clear
I think that somebody's near
I'm sure that someone is following me, oh yeah
Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
It was the only card in the deck that I had left to play
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend, the end
Hyacinthus was the Greek God Apollo's lover.
Apollo accidentally killed him, and from his blood sprang the hyacinth. A lot of folks have associated this with the song but Robby Krieger claims it was simply because Hyacinth were growing outside the Krieger house.
The bathroom is clear part sound really deep at first thought but simply refers to Babe Hill coming out of the bathroom in the Doors Workshop. Somebody said 'I see the bathroom is clear'.
So here we have a lovely example of Morrison simply taking what he saw and weaving it into a song that would confound fans for decades.
I always thought the song had a deeper meaning myself until realising it didn't.
A very sad Morrison song that seems to be a plea for someone to hold onto that does not want a piece of him.
'I need a brand new friend' is said comes from his on off relationship with Pamela who would prove herself a very good friend even if she did need him. She prevented The Doors selling LMF after he died and always fought for his poetry until she died.
But perhaps this is his goodbye song to his bandmates.
The lions refer to Krieger's pet bobcat and perhaps the card alluded to Jim Morrison accepting that LAW was his final hand with the Doors. All he had left to play was the session for this album which he knew would be his last with the Doors.
Musically excellent with some really neat drumming from John.
For me one of the best songs on LAW and one I have loved since the day I first played the album in 1971.
What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?
To please the lions in this day
I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me
I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me
I need someone and who doesn't need me
I see the bathroom is clear
I think that somebody's near
I'm sure that someone is following me, oh yeah
Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
It was the only card in the deck that I had left to play
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend
And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend, the end
Hyacinthus was the Greek God Apollo's lover.
Apollo accidentally killed him, and from his blood sprang the hyacinth. A lot of folks have associated this with the song but Robby Krieger claims it was simply because Hyacinth were growing outside the Krieger house.
The bathroom is clear part sound really deep at first thought but simply refers to Babe Hill coming out of the bathroom in the Doors Workshop. Somebody said 'I see the bathroom is clear'.
So here we have a lovely example of Morrison simply taking what he saw and weaving it into a song that would confound fans for decades.
I always thought the song had a deeper meaning myself until realising it didn't.
A very sad Morrison song that seems to be a plea for someone to hold onto that does not want a piece of him.
'I need a brand new friend' is said comes from his on off relationship with Pamela who would prove herself a very good friend even if she did need him. She prevented The Doors selling LMF after he died and always fought for his poetry until she died.
But perhaps this is his goodbye song to his bandmates.
The lions refer to Krieger's pet bobcat and perhaps the card alluded to Jim Morrison accepting that LAW was his final hand with the Doors. All he had left to play was the session for this album which he knew would be his last with the Doors.
Musically excellent with some really neat drumming from John.
For me one of the best songs on LAW and one I have loved since the day I first played the album in 1971.