Break on Through
The Doors Lyrics
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
We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
The time we cried?
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Yeah
Come on, yeah
Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get
She get
She get
She get high
I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain us
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, oww
Oh, yeah
Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Written by: John Densmore, Raymond Manzarek, Robert Krieger, James Morrison
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"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #126 in the United States. Despite this, it remains one of the band's signature and most popular songs and became a concert staple.
Twenty-four years after its original US release, "Break on Through" became a minor hit in the UK, peaking at #64 in the singles chart. Read Full Bio"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #126 in the United States. Despite this, it remains one of the band's signature and most popular songs and became a concert staple.
Twenty-four years after its original US release, "Break on Through" became a minor hit in the UK, peaking at #64 in the singles chart.
The song also appears as track one on the band's debut album. Elektra Records' censors objected to the drug use implied by the line "she gets high", which is repeated in the middle section of the song (after the line "everybody loves my baby"). The original album version and all reissues until the 1990s have the word "high" deleted, with Morrison singing "she gets" four times before a final wail. Live versions and more recent, remastered releases have the full line portion restored.
The song is in 4/4 time and quite fast paced, the tune being similar to that of blues guitarist Elmore James' "Stranger Blues".
The piece begins with a jazz-flavored drum groove similar the opening phrases played by Billy Higgins on Dexter Gordon's "Soy Califa," in which a clave pattern is played as a rim click underneath a driving ride cymbal pattern. John Densmore appreciated the new (at the time) Bossa Nova craze coming from Brazil. So he decided to use it in the song.
It is then joined in by a disjointed quirky solo on the organ quite similar to introduction of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say", which has a few intentional misplaced notes in it, while the bass-line, similar to a typical bass line used in bossa nova, continues almost unhindered all of the way through the song.
Robby's guitar riff initially came from the Paul Butterfield song "Shake Your Moneymaker." He changed around some of the notes, as well as the beat and came up with the guitar for the song.
Twenty-four years after its original US release, "Break on Through" became a minor hit in the UK, peaking at #64 in the singles chart. Read Full Bio"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #126 in the United States. Despite this, it remains one of the band's signature and most popular songs and became a concert staple.
Twenty-four years after its original US release, "Break on Through" became a minor hit in the UK, peaking at #64 in the singles chart.
The song also appears as track one on the band's debut album. Elektra Records' censors objected to the drug use implied by the line "she gets high", which is repeated in the middle section of the song (after the line "everybody loves my baby"). The original album version and all reissues until the 1990s have the word "high" deleted, with Morrison singing "she gets" four times before a final wail. Live versions and more recent, remastered releases have the full line portion restored.
The song is in 4/4 time and quite fast paced, the tune being similar to that of blues guitarist Elmore James' "Stranger Blues".
The piece begins with a jazz-flavored drum groove similar the opening phrases played by Billy Higgins on Dexter Gordon's "Soy Califa," in which a clave pattern is played as a rim click underneath a driving ride cymbal pattern. John Densmore appreciated the new (at the time) Bossa Nova craze coming from Brazil. So he decided to use it in the song.
It is then joined in by a disjointed quirky solo on the organ quite similar to introduction of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say", which has a few intentional misplaced notes in it, while the bass-line, similar to a typical bass line used in bossa nova, continues almost unhindered all of the way through the song.
Robby's guitar riff initially came from the Paul Butterfield song "Shake Your Moneymaker." He changed around some of the notes, as well as the beat and came up with the guitar for the song.
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Josemanuel Orona
algo para la banda
Thelonious Coltrane
"Break On Through (To The Other Side)"
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
We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
But can you still recall
The time we cried
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Yeah!
C'mon, yeah
Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get(s high)
She get(s high)
She get(s high)
She get(s high)
I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chained us
Eyes that lied
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, oww!
Oh, yeah!
Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Moönchild
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
We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
But can you still recall
The time we cried?
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get high
She get high
She get high
I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain us
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, oh yes
Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
dfwdodge
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
We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
But can you still recall
The time we cried
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Yeah
C'mon, yeah
Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get high
She get high
She get high
She get high, yeah
I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain us
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, ow
Oh, yeah
Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Songwriters: John Densmore / Raymond Manzarek / Robert Krieger / James Morrison
Peggy Sinclair
I lived in California when the Doors came to light. I was a typical California girl around 15 years old at the beach. One day at the beach, we heard a band playing and everyone gravitated toward the sound. It was what would come to be one of the greatest bands in rock. My cousin was a writer for Cream magazine so I got to meet many of what are now legends. What a great time in music and culture that was. The last time I saw Jim Morrison was in Hawaii. He was so out there that he had no clue where he was. We were all standing backstage where the limo was sitting just outside. The guys came out and got into the limo, except for Jim. Jim looked at everyone and walked right in the middle of us and threw his arms and head back and everyone started ripping his shirt off. Ray was yelling "Get in the Goddamn car Jim", but Morrison was in a completely different world. I remember looking right into his eyes as he stood right in front of me, and I felt a sadness in my soul because he was lost. Finally, the limo slowly moved into the crowd and they pulled Jim in the car by the seat of his pants. The first time I saw Jim Morrison, he was so shy and so cool, the last time I saw Jim Morrison, he was somebody that he didn't even know. What a genius he was. What a pity that drugs and alcohol robbed us of so many talented and gifted artist. RIP Jim and Pam.
Kristina Kar1na
OMg! What a trip...
Dan G
@TYT Omega Official get back on your meds, cupcake....
Spump Jam
@Peggy Sinclair you mentioned your cousin wrote for Creem magazine, by chance is his name John Sinclair? Thank you for your wonderful story.
SeanL Fitch
@TYT Omega Official you are truly an idiot if you believe that.
Orion Humberger
Did they rob him or get him out of his own way? There's a reason substance always goes with those of us with that uplink.
Jesse James
Playing this song when my wife is giving birth to my son
Franciszek Malawski
night divides the day
Ian Waites
I bet she loved that