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Wild Child Lyrics
All right.
Wild child,
Full of grace.
Savior of the
Human race.
Your cool face.
Natural child,
Terrible child.
Not your mother's
Or your father's child.
Your our child,
Screamin' wild.
An ancient lunatic reigns
In the trees of the night.
(laughs.)
With hunger at her heels,
And freedom in her eyes.
She dances on her knees.
Pirate prince at her side.
Staring into the hollow idol's eyes.
Wild child,
Full of grace.
Savior of the
Human race.
Your cool face.
Your cool face.
Your cool face.
You remember when we were in Africa.
I always thought it was apollo idol's eyes...."Remember when we were in Africa" at the end could refer to Jim wanting to get away from it all and go to Africa to live among the natives.....he told his bandmates if he did this he would send them a postcard under the name Mr. Mojo Risin'....when he died they waited for the postcard because with all the controversy surrounding his death they thought he had gone to Africa.
@Lizardking1971 - hope you're still kickin'. You were right, despite this mishearing of hollow idol, Jim clearly enunciates a P so it is Apollo idol's eyes. He was well read in the classics and used ancient Greek and Roman references a lot; e,g., Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain.
@Lizardking1971 - hope you're still kickin'. You were right, despite this mishearing of hollow idol, Jim clearly enunciates a P so it is Apollo idol's eyes. He was well read in the classics and used ancient Greek and Roman references a lot; e,g., Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain.
I always thought this was about Jesus, but I'm not sure why. It would make more sense to be about Rimbaud. The line "You remember when we were in Africa" points to that. Rimbaud wrote all his poems before he turned 19 and then moved to Africa to become a hunter and slave trader if I'm not mistaken. That's where Jim got the idea to relocate to Africa.
@octopuseyes - excellent point! There's a book by a Rimbaud expert titled 'Rimbaud and Jim Morrison: The Rebel as a Poet (1994, Duke Univ Press). The author had correspondence with Jim about his interest in Rimbaud.
@octopuseyes - excellent point! There's a book by a Rimbaud expert titled 'Rimbaud and Jim Morrison: The Rebel as a Poet (1994, Duke Univ Press). The author had correspondence with Jim about his interest in Rimbaud.
I read the book wild child by Linda Ashcroft. I want to believe everything she says, but I saw a webpage that disputed the time frames she wrote about. Does anyone know if this song is really about her?
I don't believe it was. I personally believe it was a money-making scheme, like Patricia Kennely writing Strange Days. Everyone says they never saw these two women but who knows... this is another mystery about Jim Morrison we will never know.
I don't believe it was. I personally believe it was a money-making scheme, like Patricia Kennely writing Strange Days. Everyone says they never saw these two women but who knows... this is another mystery about Jim Morrison we will never know.
i read somewhere that this song is about a french poet called Arthur Rimbaud...
@R.ache.L - As I mentioned above, there's a book by a Rimbaud expert titled 'Rimbaud and Jim Morrison: The Rebel as a Poet (1994, Duke Univ Press). The author had correspondence with Jim about his interest in Rimbaud. Morrison was very well read.
@R.ache.L - As I mentioned above, there's a book by a Rimbaud expert titled 'Rimbaud and Jim Morrison: The Rebel as a Poet (1994, Duke Univ Press). The author had correspondence with Jim about his interest in Rimbaud. Morrison was very well read.
FUCKING AWSOME FUCKING SONG
Wow, octopuseyes, that's a killer theory. Probably one of the only plausible meanings of that ever-elusive last line. Just felt you needed a well-deserved thank you, amazing homework skills.
@regular_freak - Agreed!
@regular_freak - Agreed!
This song describes me....
I don't know what it's about, but i love love love it.
I thought it was "fire licks" instead of "pirate prince"
I dunno, it always sounded kind of tribal to me.
Does anyone think that the instrumentals in this song are quite similar to those used in the Led Zeppelin song "Heartbreaker". Especially in the intro.
this song reminds me of myself