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The Doors – The Crystal Ship Lyrics 11 years ago
Wow, you're an absolute Richard Head aren't you! Whose practicing their writing skills huh? Damn, you just wrote a thesis! You must have a lot of time on your hands, may I suggest you acquire a social life? Go back to YouTube, this is a discussion board for adults. Seriously out of all the comments your attempting to pick apart, was mine reallllly the one to be having a dig at? Wouldn't your helpful nuggets of turd, ahem, I mean knowledge have been more beneficial for those on here claiming that this song is about drugs!? Ive seen the doors live, I think l know slightly more about them than you son. May I also add, I wrote this 6 years ago you complete fool of a troll.

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The Doors – The Crystal Ship Lyrics 17 years ago
Stanza 1:
Before you slip into unconsciousness
I'd like to have another kiss
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss, another kiss

Stanza 1 talks about his lover leaving him, their love is dying & all that he has left, the memory of their love is dissapearing into his subconcious. He doesnt want it to end, he wants one last kiss to remind him of the bliss that their love brought him.

Stanza 2:
The days are bright and filled with pain
Enclose me in your gentle rain
The time you ran was too insane
We'll meet again, we'll meet again

Stanza 2 means that although they've broken up & hes feeling the pain he still has bright things in his life going on, reasons to be happy although hes sad (maybe the band), theres still hope even though he cant be with her. The time they had together was turbulent, too insane. The last line says that even though they have parted he believes their destined to meet again.

Stanza 3:
Oh tell me where your freedom lies
The streets are fields that never die
Deliver me from reasons why
You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly

She's breaking up with him in order to be "free", and her "freedom" is found on "the streets", where she can have all kinds of relationships with many different men instead of the one reliable one with Jim. "The streets are fields that never die" - saying that those relationships lead nowhere, are aimless. He's asking her to spare him from the countless reasons or excuses of her ending their relationship, he knows why she's really leaving. He'd rather fly, means he'd rather work at becoming successfull instead of wasting time crying like she is.

Stanza 4:
The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back, I'll drop a line

I believe the crystal ship symbolises the band, they're beginning to become successfull, beginning to do what he always dreamt of, being filled (meeting) with people that can help him/them achieve success. Getting the band together. Hes beginning his journey. A thousand girls a thousand thrills a million ways to spend your time, is obvious, groupies, drink, drugs, hes now found other ways of filling the time he once spent with her. When we get back I'l drop a line, once hes done what he needs to do to become successfull he still hangs on to the the belief that one day they'l be together & when hes done what hes set out to do he'l contact her again.

Thats what the song means to me anyways

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