Not to Touch the Earth
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| Song by The Doors | |||||
| Album | Waiting for the Sun | ||||
| Released | July 13, 1968 | ||||
| Recorded | February-May 1968 | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | ||||
| Length | 3:54 | ||||
| Label | Elektra | ||||
| Writer | Jim Morrison Robby Krieger Ray Manzarek John Densmore |
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| Producer | Paul Rothchild | ||||
| Waiting for the Sun track listing | |||||
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"Not to Touch the Earth" is a 1968 song by The Doors from their album Waiting for the Sun. It stems from Jim Morrison's poem, "Celebration of the Lizard". A recording of the complete poem was attempted at the sessions for the album, but only the musical passage Not to Touch the Earth was deemed fit for release. The poem was released on the album sleeve in written form. The complete poem was released in 2003 on the Legacy: the Absolute Best compilation, and the re-issue of Waiting for the Sun.
[edit] Lyrical meaning
The song begins, "Not to touch the earth, not to see the sun..." These are subchapters of the 60th chapter of The Golden Bough by James Frazer. The chapter is called "Between Heaven and Earth", with subchapter 1, "Not to Touch the Earth", and subchapter 2, "Not to See the Sun". Frazer had noted that these two themes were recurring throughout many primitive cultures regarding menarche and the thereby following female initiation rites. Frazer's work was an influence on Morrison, according to the biography No One Here Gets Out Alive.
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