If the doors of perception were cleansed... All things would appear infinite"

Jim Morrison wished to be accepted as a serious artist, and he published such collections of poetry as An American Prayer (1970) and The Lords and The New Creatures (1971). The song lyrics Morrison wrote  reflected the tensions of the time – drug culture, the antiwar movement, avant-garde art.  Morrison once confessed, "We're more interested in the dark side of life, the evil." And wrote:

"This is the end, beautiful friend.
It hurts to set you free,
But you'll never follow me.
The end of laughter and soft lies.
The end of nights we tried to die.
This is the... end."

He formed 'The Doors' in 1965 , taking the name from Aldous Huxley's book on mescaline, The Doors of Perception, which quoted: 

"If the doors of perception were cleansed 

 All things would appear infinite"

~William Blake

Morrison claimed that he was influenced by poets like Rimbaud.