The End
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
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
上面的这段歌词是The Doors在1966年发行的同名专辑里的最后一首歌，也是摇滚史上最著名的一首史诗般的作品，这不仅体现在歌曲拥有着11分35秒这样恐怖的时长，同样著名的还有这些带有浓厚诗人气质的呓语般的歌词。Jim Morrison用他低沉的嗓音配合着乐队迷幻的配乐反复吟唱着This is the end, This is the end...仿佛他已经看到远处的死神在向他招手，而这些歌词也似乎一语成谶，在专辑发行之后5年——1971年7月3日Jim Morrison在经历了一系列的醉生梦死的疯狂之后最终死在了自家的浴缸里，年仅28岁，The Doors在失去了乐队的灵魂之后也迅速的没落和沉寂，因为Jim Morrison是唯一的，从此之后摇滚乐坛上也再没有出现另外一个像Jim Morrison这样融合了疯狂与诗意这两种截然不同的个性于一身的歌者，The Doors也仿佛是因Jim Morrison而生，也因Jim Morrison而死。而这首The End也像是Jim Morrison提前为自己写成的安魂弥撒，随着他狂野的灵魂而永垂不朽。虽然现在有很多人试图解开这些晦涩的歌词中真正的含义，但似乎任何的解读在这首伟大的作品面前都是苍白的，因为有时我们没有必要也无法去深究所有事物的意义，如同此歌，真正的含义应该早已随着Jim Morrison的遗体埋葬在他的坟墓之中去了吧。就像我们同样永远无法知道《红楼梦》真正结局是什么一样，虽然遗憾，但伴随着这种遗憾的却是一种令人至死无法摆脱的神秘魅力。
