"You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run
Tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side, yeah"
It's hard saying the definite meaning of day destroying the night and night dividing the day. I think he is talking about how the night time is when people truly begin to start going out and being themselves. I think he's saying that the day could be boring, destroying the outgoing, social atmosphere of the night. And that the night divides the day and gives us something to look forward to. When i here the next part I think of the writer (Jim Morrison), experiencing the onset of an LSD trip or hallucination. I picture him being nervous, sick-feeling, confused and slightly scared. I think when he says "Tried to run, Tried to Hide" he is talking about about fear, and fear of not knowing what is going to happen to him next. Fear and doubt of whether he is wanting to go on the trip in the first place. However he follows these lines with "Break on through to the other side" repeated 3 times. By repeating this phrase right after he is telling us that the trip is going to happen nomatter what, we must embrace, take it on without fear, so that it can take us to the the other side. yeah.
"God, he's big, he's moving, devouring consciousness, digesting power. Monster of energy. It's a monster. We're going to kiss the snake on the tongue. Kiss the serpent. But if it senses fear, it'll eat us instantly. But if we kiss it without fear, it'll take us through the garden, through the gate, to the other side. Ride the snake... until the end of time."
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where's the kiss the serpent quote coming from? how does it relate?
i think the serpent is a metaphor for the drug. saying that taking the drug without fear, embracing it. (kissing the serpent) will break us to the other side, however if we do it with fear. it will eat us instantly (bad trip).
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