This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Wow, I'm sick of doubt
Live in the light of certain
South cruel bindings
The servants have the power
Dog-men and their mean women
Pulling poor blankets over our sailors
I'm sick of dour faces
Staring at me from the TV tower
I want roses in my garden bower, dig?
Royal babies, rubies
Must now replace aborted strangers in the mud
These mutants, blood-meal for the plant that's plowed
They are waiting to take us into the severed garden
Do you know how pale and wanton
Thrillful comes death on a strange hour?
Unannounced, unplanned for
Like a scaring, over-friendly guest you've brought to bed
Death makes angels of us all
And gives us wings where we had shoulders
Smooth as raven's claws
No more money, no more fancy dress
This other kingdom seems by far the best
Until its other jaw reveals incest
And lose obedience to a vegetable law
I will not go
Prefer a feast of friends to the giant family
Live in the light of certain
South cruel bindings
The servants have the power
Dog-men and their mean women
Pulling poor blankets over our sailors
I'm sick of dour faces
Staring at me from the TV tower
I want roses in my garden bower, dig?
Royal babies, rubies
Must now replace aborted strangers in the mud
These mutants, blood-meal for the plant that's plowed
They are waiting to take us into the severed garden
Do you know how pale and wanton
Thrillful comes death on a strange hour?
Unannounced, unplanned for
Like a scaring, over-friendly guest you've brought to bed
Death makes angels of us all
And gives us wings where we had shoulders
Smooth as raven's claws
No more money, no more fancy dress
This other kingdom seems by far the best
Until its other jaw reveals incest
And lose obedience to a vegetable law
I will not go
Prefer a feast of friends to the giant family
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A Feast of Friends Lyrics as written by John Paul Densmore Jim Morrison
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@BreakOnThrough - Really love your interpretation here. After I have read this and listened to the poem a few times I can really see what he is saying about conformity. I don't get the choice of 'Royal Babies' and 'Ruby's' though. Any idea?
@Meandmymonkey2 - Thanks, I am basing my interpretation on the fact that these were written/recorded around the time he arrested for indecent exposure, and he essentially was questioning artistic expression and individual conformity to authority at that time. He also paraded the notion of "be your own man" throughout his career.<br /> <br /> In regards to the Royal babies, rubies section, I believe he is asserting that individualism (rubies) MUST replace what eventually becomes fuel for the machine (mass authority) that strips us of our individuality. The line above, he wants to be surrounded by beautiful roses (unique individuals) in his garden, not blood-meal (conformists) chewed up/destroyed by societal norms/authority.
@BreakOnThrough - Hey thanks so much. I totally get it now. Who wouldnt want Roses in their garden, Royal babies and Rubies, rather than Strangers in the mud obedient to a vegetable law. Amazing how it isn't apparent at first and everyone thinks this about death but it isn't.
A Feast of Friends to me is obviously about death. It refer literaly to death and maybe to the death of the "icon" Jim Morrison. In is late life, he retired from the doors and went to Paris. Jim decide not to die physicaly now, but retire from the crowd and the crazy life of a rock star. The nihilist explanation is also good the me.
@QuebecGuy777 He went to Paris because those a-hole cops in florida; 50 years later the governor pardonned him; society sometimes STINKS...we are all human,not too different from a pack of dogs in a dog eat dog world; RIP jim Morrison,one of the greatest artists that ever lived
i don't know how to live in light of certain death witches blind the mans seamen and he is under its spell dark clouds make me ill old ties to slave magic obedient men with angry women pull woolen over eyes of seamen the watch tower man looks down on me
sanctuary with woman little red gems take the place of lost children unrecognizable people gather in the shit for the drugs so willing to share sacred spaces
They are waiting to share secret spaces it is wonderful to taste the clouds
death comes at a late hour just when we are ready to live after moments of sharing a healing
and every sinner is new when he is gone
heaven looks so good till the heard of animals i deny this rather i eat the living then to dine with ghost
Its past my bed time so this is all the play time i got. just watch the movie its all the same stuff.
anyone?
This song is an excerpt from Morrison's epic poem "An American Prayer." It was released on the album of the same name. As for its meaning, I believe he took the secrets of all his poetry to the grave. His writing is so abstract, so surreal, it's hard to make any sense of it. But I love how he speaks of Death. "A scaring, over-friendly guest you've brought to bed."
No more money, no more fancy dress This other Kingdom seems by far the best Until its other jaw reveals incest And loose obedience to a vegetable law ---death brings an end to all the hardships of life, but also an end to all the great things life has to offer...which goes with the next line
I will not go Prefer a Feast of Friends To the Giant family ---He wants to live his life with what he has, and the people he holds close rather than spend eternity with the countless others who have died and moved on to the next "kingdom"
If this isn't the most beautiful song about the duality between death and life... Matt ducz got it: He referes to stay alive with his friends than to die a be with a bunch of people he didn'tknow. This was recorded just before he went to Paris, at a time when he was slowing down on his abuses. The damage was done and he died there.
I'm surprised that many people who claim to be the "biggest" Morrison fans have little to no knowledge about the people and ideologies that influenced his works. This poem is 100% Nietzschean philosophy - - Jim speaks as what Nietzsche referred to as the "Overman". To get a basic understanding (if you're not familiar with Nietzsche's works) read this by cutting and pasting the link into your browser:
stanford.edu/~pj97/Nietzsche.htm
"No more money, no more fancy dress This other Kingdom seems by far the best Until its other jaw reveals incest And loose obedience to a vegetable law"
In other words, instead of living for this world, we place such a high value on and strive toward the afterlife or "kingdom of god" when in reality (ie, "its other jaw") our religious institutions are corrupt(i.e., "incest") and hypocrytical (i.e., "loose obedience to a vegetable law"). Nietzsche had no use for religion ("God is Dead"). It was this life that concerned him.
absolutely, I agree, Morrison is full of Nietzschean references and conceptions in a lot of his lyrics.<br /> Jim Morrison was the dionysian music god than Nietzche so badly wanted Richard Wagner to become.
Beatiful,beatiful song...Morrison's lyrics simply rock "Prefer a Feast of Friends To the Giant family": obviously he's mocking people who believe in heaven and hell and ofcourse religions(epecially
christianity).It' my favourite line and as for the whole song's meaning,I agree with mdmda,Morrison was really into Nietzche
Did anyone fail to realize that the title of the song is a line from 'When the Music's Over'?