Patti Smith's Dream About Jim Morrison

"I had this dream. I came in on a clearing. There were natives in a circle bending and gesturing. I saw a man stretched across a marble slab. Jim Morrison. He was alive with wings that merged with the marble. Like Prometheus, he struggled, but freedom was beyond him. I stood over him chanting, break it up break it up break it up…The stone dissolved and he moved away. I brushed the feathers from my hair, adjusted my pillow, and returned to sleep. Tom Verlaine and I composed these words." - Patti Smith 


'Break It Up' 

Car stopped in a clearing

Ribbon of life, it was nearing

I saw the boy break out of his skin

My heart turned over and I crawled in

He cried, "Break it up, oh I don't understand

Break it up, I can't comprehend

Break it up, oh, I want to feel you

Break it up, don't talk to me that way

I'm not listening"

Snow started falling

I could hear the angel calling

We rolled on the ground, he stretched out his wings

The boy flew away and he started to sing

He sang, "Break it up, oh, I don't understand

Break it up, I can't comprehend

Break it up, oh, I want to feel you

Break it up, don't look at me"



The sky was raging, the boy disappeared

I fell on my knees

Atmosphere broke up, the boy reappeared

I cried, "Take me please!"



Ice, it was shining

I could feel my heart, it was melting

I tore off my clothes, I danced on my shoes

I ripped my skin open and then I broke through

I cried, "Break it up, oh, now I understand

Break it up, and I want to go

Break it up, oh please take me with you


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