The Doors — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 88 songs across 9 albums by The Doors. They use 1,725 unique words out of 6,837 (lexical richness MATTR 0.60), with an average of 78 content words per song. Emotional tone: 70% of songs positive, 1% neutral, 28% negative.
Most used words by The Doors
- love (119)
- know (85)
- time (84)
- baby (70)
- come (68)
- tell (59)
- one (57)
- night (56)
- roll (52)
- good (50)
- see (50)
- please (42)
- end (42)
- mind (40)
- girl (39)
- back (38)
- together (36)
- little (36)
- take (35)
- news (35)
Signature phrases
- “done slipped mind” (16)
- “heard news good” (15)
- “moleste mosquito” (15)
- “roll endless roll” (14)
- “endless roll endless” (14)
- “know done slipped” (14)
- “together one time” (13)
- “riders storm” (13)
- “one time together” (12)
- “news good rockin” (12)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (18)
- gold (8)
- red (8)
- green (5)
- black (4)
- silver (3)
- rose (1)
Albums analyzed
- The Doors (1967)
- Strange Days (1967)
- Waiting for the Sun (1968)
- The Soft Parade (1969)
- Morrison Hotel (1970)
- L.A. Woman (1971)
- Other Voices (1971)
- Full Circle (1972)
- An American Prayer (1978)