[Fiji Hill]

I have been a Doors fan since my teens-I listen to the Doors CD I keep in my 4X4 whenever I’m on the way to do the customer service thing with a difficult person-”Roadhouse Blues” and “The End” are my favorite tunes-and the uncensored version of “Gloria” is hilarious...

I have always liked "The End." It seems to be about the November 1, 1963 coup d'etat in South Vietnam. In the song's lyrics, I discern references to major players in the event including Ngo Dinh Diem, Duong Van Minh and Tran Le Xuan as well as the the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, the Warsaw Pact, and the US State Department.

However, I may be the only one who has ever come up with this interpretation.

[Texan5]

I always thought it referred to a battle/apocalyptic event somewhere in the far east-mostly because that was what I was told by my cousins and friends who served in Nam-it does make sense...