You Make Me Real
The Doors Lyrics


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I really want you
Really do
Really need ya baby
God knows I do
'Cause I'm not real enough without you
Oh, what can I do?

You make me real
You make me feel
Like lovers feel
You make me throw away mistaken misery
Make me free, love
Make me free

I really want you
Really do
Really need ya baby
Really do
Well I'm not real enough without you
Oh, what can I do?

You make me real
Only you
Have that appeal
So let me slide in your tender sunken sea
Make me free, love, make me free

You make me real
Alright
You make me feel
Like lovers feel
You make me throw away mistaken misery
Make me free, love, make me free
Make me free




You make me
Free

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to “You Make Me Real” by The Doors express a deep desire and need for love and the significant role the person they desire plays in their life. The opening lines, “I really want you / Really do / Really need ya baby / God knows I do” indicate the desperation felt by the singer. He recognizes that his true self only exists with the presence of the person he desires. He acknowledges that without them, he is not “real enough” and questions what he can do to remedy this situation.


The main chorus of the song expresses the transformative power of the love that he desires. The repetition of the lines “You make me real / You make me feel / Like lovers feel” emphasizes the profound impact that this person has on him. The singer feels freed from misery through the love he wants with this person and desires to be completely consumed by it, as expressed in the lines “Let me slide in your tender sunken sea / Make me free, love, make me free.”


Overall, the lyrics of “You Make Me Real” by The Doors convey a sense of deep longing and a need for love that makes one feel alive and real. It is a passionate ode to the transformative power of love and the significant role it plays in one’s life.


Line by Line Meaning

I really want you
I desire you deeply


Really do
This is not an exaggeration


Really need ya baby
I require you to exist


God knows I do
This is not just my opinion


'Cause I'm not real enough without you
My sense of reality is incomplete without you


Oh, what can I do?
I am powerless to change this fact


You make me real
You complete me


You make me feel
You give me emotions and sensations


Like lovers feel
The intensity is comparable to that experienced by romantic partners


You make me throw away mistaken misery
You help me let go of my false and negative emotions


Make me free, love
You liberate me


Make me free
You set me free from whatever holds me back


Only you
No one else has this power over me


Have that appeal
You possess that irresistible charm


So let me slide in your tender sunken sea
Let me immerse myself in your affection


Alright
Affirmative or agreement


Make me free, love, make me free
You bring me freedom from the shackles that bind me


Make me free
You give me the freedom to be myself


You make me
You are the reason for my existence


Free
Liberated and unencumbered




Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: Jim Morrison, John Paul Densmore, Raymond D Manzarek, Robert A Krieger

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