Lyric discussion by DoubleBarrelDan 

Cover art for Not To Touch The Earth lyrics by Doors, The

I see this as jim feeling a strong detachment from life along with alot of craziness and confusion. Thats why the music sounds so insane during the verses, the when he get to the "run with me" part it sounds more resolute. So he's saying " everythings just out of control, let's just say fuck it and run." that whole thing about the book he was reading sounds like it's probably more accurate but this is just how i always felt the song was about