End Of The Night

by

The Doors

Album: The Doors      Released: 1967

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This is a "confession" of Jim Morrison's aims in life. To the end of the night was his aim through many ways of speeding up death, a kind of death through hallucinations and visions into other worlds (drugs). He was trying to get somewhere nobody had ever been before, a place of complete peace. (thanks, scarlett - winchester, England)

Some of the lyrics were inspired by the French novel Journey To The End Of The Night.

The line, "Realms of bliss, realms of light, some are borne to sweet delight, some are borne to sweet delight, some are borne to the endless night." is taken almost verbatim from the poem Auguries Of Innocence by William Blake. (thanks, max - geneva, IL)

This helped The Doors get a record deal. They included it on a demo they made for Aura Records in 1965. It didn't get them signed, but they landed a deal with Electra 2 years later.

This was released as the B-side of "Break on Through."

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This song is almost trance-like. It's so beautiful.
- nady, adelaide, Australia

Amazing song that makes you think. It is one of my favorites. P.S. The comment T"he line, "Realms of bliss, realms of light, some are borne to sweet delight, some are borne to sweet delight, some are borne to the endless night." is taken almost verbatim from the poem Auguries Of Innocence by William Blake." Well i looked up the poem and it is verbatim but only "some are borne to sweet delight, some are borne to sweet delight, some are borne to the endless night."
- Jake, Baltimore, MD

Beautiful!!
- Eric, Maastricht

This one of the most poetic songs of The doors career. I think it basically derives from the book "Journey to the end of the night" like Micheal so kindly pointed out. But it's meaning i think is about living on the edge all the time. Instead of just on weekends.
- andrew, adelaide, Australia

This is the only Doors song I really like.
- MusicMama, New York, NY

The human brain can create everything, if this is real or an illusion is up to the person carrying the brain...
- Only1out10liveStr8, In Your Uterus..., United States

Read Celine's "Journey to the End of the Night" It is a French classic about "Breaking through to the other side of Life." Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" is also another must read for any body, not just Doors fans.
- Michael, Jacksonvillw, FL

Jim had always performed the line, "Take the highway to the end of the night" as "Take a trip to the end of the night" before this song was recorded in the studio.
- Mitch, Vicksburg, MI

I was driving cross country, and at about 6 AM I could see the dawn break over the Nebraska flat horizon as I headed east, then this song came on my CD player. I almost fell out of my chair, because I was literally taking the highway to the edge of the night
- Lee, Los Angeles, CA

I can remember listening to this song many times as a teenager when I would be driving home from my girlfriend's house late at night. I recall many of those drives were when the moon and stars were especially bright thus the line about "bright midnight" always made perfect sense to me. This is a very moving and poignant masterpiece.
- LARRY, NEWTON, NC

this song wa also inspired by a william blake poem called "Auguries of Innocence", which contains the lyrics Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
- k, lbi, NJ

A very eerie and slow tune, contrast to most of the other numbers on the album. A nice departure Jim takes us on.
- Adrian, Wilmington, DE

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