Editing Waiting for the Sun (section)

==Composition==
''Waiting for the Sun'' includes the band's second chart topper, "[[Hello, I Love You]]",{{sfn|Luhrssen|Larson|2017|p=97}} one of the last remaining songs from Morrison's 1965 batch of tunes. It had been demoed by the group for Aura Records in 1965 before guitarist [[Robby Krieger]] had joined the group, as had "[[Summer's Almost Gone]]". In the liner notes to ''[[The Doors: Box Set]]'', Krieger denied the allegations that the song's main riff and vocal melody were stolen from [[Ray Davies]], with a similar riff having been featured in [[the Kinks]]' "[[All Day and All of the Night]]". Instead, he said the song's vibe was taken from [[Cream (band)|Cream]]'s song "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]".<ref name="liner"/> Densmore said that when recording the song, Krieger had advised him to imitate [[Ginger Baker]]'s drumming on "Sunshine of Your Love", and he followed that advice.{{sfn|Wall|2014|p=252}} The courts in the UK determined in favor of Davies and any UK-based royalties for the song were paid to him.{{sfn|Wall|2014|p=252}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/11/the-kinks-ray-davies-brexit-is-bigger-than-the-berlin-wall |title=The Kinks' Ray Davies: Brexit is 'bigger than the Berlin Wall' |first=Adrian |last=Deevoy |magazine=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 11, 2017 |access-date=November 12, 2018 }}</ref>

''Waiting for the Sun'' contains two songs with military themes: "[[Five to One]]" and "[[The Unknown Soldier (song)|The Unknown Soldier]]". Journalists [[Nathan Brackett]] and [[Christian Hoard]] speculate that "Five to One" seems to be a revolutionary anthem,{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2008|p=255}} spouted by the "hippie/ flower child" hordes Morrison saw in growing numbers. Regardless of this interpretation, Morrison confirmed that the lyrics were not political.{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=193}} The lines "Night is drawing near/ Shadows of the evening/ crawl across the years" may have been lifted by Morrison from the 19th-century hymnal and bedtime rhyme "Now the Day is Over" ("Now the day is over/ Night is drawing nigh/ Shadows of the evening/ Steal across the sky").<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/now_day_over.html |title=Now the Day is Over |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Titanica]] |date=October 12, 2005 |access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref>

"The Unknown Soldier" exemplified the group's cinematic approach to their music. In the beginning, as well as after the middle of the song, the mysterious sounds of the organ are heard, depicting the mystery of the "Unknown Soldier".{{sfn|Phull|2008|p=68}} In the [[bridge (music)|bridge]], the Doors produced the sounds of a [[marching cadence]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=197}} It begins with military drums, plus the sound of the sergeant counting off in 4 seconds ("HUP, HUP, HUP, 2, 3, 4"), until he shouts "COMPANY! HALT! PRESENT! ARMS!", followed by the sounds of loading rifles and a long military drum roll, a pause and then rifle shots. After this middle section, the verses return, with Morrison, singing in a sadder tone to "make a grave for the Unknown Soldier". The song ends with sounds of crowds cheering and bells tolling.{{sfn|Phull|2008|p=68}}<ref>{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Greenwald |title=The Unknown Soldier |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-unknown-soldier-mt0045067806 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref> The lyrics are generally viewed as Morrison's reaction to the [[Vietnam War]] and the way that conflict was portrayed in American media at the time, with lines such as "Breakfast where the news is read/ Television children fed/ Unborn living, living dead/ Bullets strike the helmet's head" reflecting how news of the war was being presented in the living rooms of ordinary people. The band also shot a promotional film for the single.<ref>{{cite web 
|first=Sterling |last=Whitaker |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-doors-songs-about-soldiers/ |title=The Doors, 'Unknown Soldier' – Songs About Soldiers |website= [[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date=May 20, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref> 
[[File:The Doors in Copenhagen 1968.jpg|thumb|The Doors performing for [[Television in Denmark|Danish television]] in 1968]]

The centerpiece of the album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece "[[Celebration of the Lizard]]", but in the end only the "[[Not to Touch the Earth]]" section was used. In a 1969 interview with [[Jerry Hopkins (author)|Jerry Hopkins]] for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Morrison said of the epic, "It was pieced together on different occasions out of already existing elements rather than having any generative core from which it grew. I still think there's hope for it."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jerry |last=Hopkins |author-link=Jerry Hopkins (author) |title=The Rolling Stone Interview: Jim Morrison |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jim-morrison-19690726 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Wenner Media |location=New York City |date=July 26, 1969 |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> At the conclusion of "Not to Touch the Earth", Morrison utters his iconic personal maxim, "I am the Lizard King/ I can do anything."{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=197}} The opening lines of the song, "Not to touch the earth/ not to see the sun" were taken from the table of contents of ''[[The Golden Bough]]''.{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=197}} Krieger's skills with the [[flamenco guitar]] can be found on "Spanish Caravan", with Granainas intro and a reworking of the melody from the classical piece [[Asturias (Leyenda)]] composed by [[Isaac Albéniz]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Damian |last=Fanelli |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/amp/artists/watch-robby-krieger-play-doors-spanish-caravan-la-philharmonic-quartet-flamenco |title=Watch Robby Krieger Play the Doors' "Spanish Caravan" with a String Quartet |website=[[Guitar World]] |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=July 17, 2020}}</ref> The optimistic "We Could Be So Good Together" had been recorded during the sessions for ''[[Strange Days (Doors album)|Strange Days]]'', even appearing on an early track listing.{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=46}}{{sfn|Wall|2014|p=201}}{{sfn|Goldsmith|2019|p=94}} A review in ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' described the song as "categorically pre-fame Morrison," pointing out that the line "The time you wait subtracts from joy" is the kind of hippie idealism the singer had long abandoned.<ref name="Cinquemani"/> It was issued as the [[B-side]] of the single "The Unknown Soldier" which peaked at number 39 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Hot 100 - May 18, 1968|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-05-18|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> The single version quotes the opening theme from [[Thelonious Monk]]'s "[[Straight, No Chaser (composition)|Straight, No Chaser]]".{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=159}}{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=78}}{{sfn|Moskowitz|2015|p=223}}

The whimsical "Wintertime Love" and the mournful "Summer's Almost Gone" address seasonal themes, while the gentle "Yes, the River Knows" was written by Krieger.<ref name="Kielty">{{cite web |title=Robby Krieger Recalls Doors' Battle with ''Waiting for the Sun'' |url= https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robby-krieger-doors-waiting-for-the-sun/ |first=Martin |last=Kielty |date=September 7, 2018 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> In the liner notes to the 1997 Doors retrospective ''Box Set'', Manzarek praises the latter: "The piano and guitar interplay is absolutely beautiful. I don't think Robby and I ever played so sensitively together. It was the closest we ever came to  being [[Bill Evans]] and [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]]." In the same essay, Manzarek refers to "Summer's Almost Gone" as "a cool Latino-Bolero kind of thing with a [[Bach]]-like bridge. It's about the ephemeral nature of life. A season of joy and light and laughter is coming to an end."<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Doors: Box Set |title-link=The Doors: Box Set |type=Liner notes |year=1997 |publisher=[[Elektra Records]] |id=62123-2}}</ref> While recording "My Wild Love", the band eventually gave up on the music and turned it into a work song by getting everyone in the studio to clap their hands, stamp their feet and chant in unison.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=179}} Robby Krieger has cited "My Wild Love" as his least favorite Doors song, recalling that when a [[bodyguard]] said to him that his most-liked tune of the band is "My Wild Love", Krieger responded: "Oh shit, man, I hate that song".<ref>{{cite web |first=Devon |last=Ivie |date=September 28, 2021 |title=The Greatest and Trippiest of the Doors, According to Robby Krieger |url=https://www.vulture.com/amp/2021/09/interview-doors-guitarist-robby-krieger-on-jim-morrison.html |website=[[Vulture.com]] |access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref> Morrison wrote "[[Love Street]]" for his girlfriend [[Pamela Courson]] and like all of his other songs about or dedicated to her, there was a hesitancy or biting refusal at the end ("I guess I like it fine, so far").{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=112}}