I haven't heard anything regarding the lyrics, but I've made my own speculations that its an overall reflection on how easily people are manipulated. Or maybe just a warning of the cunningness of false prophets. The song starts out with the campfire song, and slowly degrades into an angry and twisted tempo until it lets up in a moment of clarity. Then Morrison talks in the first person and says "I am the Lizard King". Then he goes on to add how all the people there came from all around, and he gives some backstory on his exile and return. The last line, "I want to be ready", echoes a chilling tone to me. Ready for what? Probably the slaughter of those who wronged him in the past. It would seem that murder was the reason he was exiled in the first place (We're going on the run). So if this were true, then bloody vengeance to those who wronged him is not out of the question. Whether this song reflects something in the real world at the time it was made or it was meant as a timeless message, I don't know.
I haven't heard anything regarding the lyrics, but I've made my own speculations that its an overall reflection on how easily people are manipulated. Or maybe just a warning of the cunningness of false prophets. The song starts out with the campfire song, and slowly degrades into an angry and twisted tempo until it lets up in a moment of clarity. Then Morrison talks in the first person and says "I am the Lizard King". Then he goes on to add how all the people there came from all around, and he gives some backstory on his exile and return. The last line, "I want to be ready", echoes a chilling tone to me. Ready for what? Probably the slaughter of those who wronged him in the past. It would seem that murder was the reason he was exiled in the first place (We're going on the run). So if this were true, then bloody vengeance to those who wronged him is not out of the question. Whether this song reflects something in the real world at the time it was made or it was meant as a timeless message, I don't know.