The Doors: People Are Strange Meaning

Song Released: 1967

People Are Strange Lyrics

People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted
Streets are uneven when you’re down
When you’re strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you’re strange
No one remembers your...

1. anonymous

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   Jul 26th 2009 !⃝

   I think it is not so important whether it is written on acid or sober or whatever,it can be a feeling to anyone who is having that kind of state of mind,it is the question of existence,or maybe a day someone feels insecure or "small", simply one of very human emotions that for most of us is familiar.
2. 70s_girl

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   Jan 16th 2009 !⃝

   sounds like it's about fame. the ugly side of fame. you can be on top of the world; everyone loves you. but one, one thing can change that and people turn "ugly". you see the cruel side of the world.
3. anonymous

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   Aug 30th 2008 !⃝

   This is by far one of my fav doors songs....the song has nothing at all to do with drugs....Jim Morrison yeah was heavy into psychedelic...but he never used drug reference in his songs..his song were about love mostly death poetry an his family troubles as a kid....its amazing how little the human brain goes...you see 1 thing about about lyrics an you jump to drug use...so I'm guessing LIGHT MY FIRE is about marijuana??? NO...I mean yeah..."girl we couldn't get much higher"....or maybe they where having a real intense sexual experience......peace love and acid.
4. anonymous

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   Jun 18th 2008 !⃝

   I've always thought it to be about the comedown of drugs and the paranoia that people can experience. Having (unfortunately) experienced similar myself I can say the lyrics sum up the feeling brilliantly.
5. element4lifex8

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   May 20th 2008 !⃝

   This song is written in a depressive mood, which seems to obviously show that Morrison was in fact depressed. But the fact that drugs and depression commonly go hand in hand also seems to make this a song speaking of both. This is just like any of Jimi Hendrix's sad songs, its just sad poetry from a depressed artist who enjoys using drugs too much. And I must say, the line about streets are up even when your down vividly reminds me of a time when I was driving while tripping....this song does make drug references!
6. anonymous

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   Mar 24th 2008 !⃝

   I love this song because we are all strange, you, me,not just the faces in th rain.
   
   Try living in Douglas County in Oregon....Talk about strange, so many people do drugs they are all, well strange.
   
   Granted Jim Morrison did a lot of drugs, but he did know people, very well.

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7. anonymous

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   Aug 19th 2007 !⃝

   The song is written around the line 'When you're strange, people are strange'. This was the product of realization by Jim, when he spoke with a friend about his depression. He thought of the line, and wrote the song later that evening.
8. anonymous

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   Feb 26th 2007 !⃝

   Anyone who has tripped on hallucinogenic drugs will know that is what this song is about. When you are tripping and in the rain you will tend to see faces.

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9. bubbabigdick

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   Oct 17th 2006 !⃝

   No way, dude, it is like, totally about, like, uh, what were we talking about? I don't remember. Man, I wish I had some . . Oh, yeah, drugs! It's all about, like, drugs, dude, and like, getting high and stuff. Whatever that song was we were talking about. It was all about drugs. All the songs everywhere are all about drugs. All is drugs, and like, drugs is all, man. Woah, that's like, so heavy, dude.

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10. morechoiriel

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    Apr 29th 2006 !⃝

    I think this song may actually have some reference to drugs, i.e. "when your strange" & "roads are uneven when your down" but I also think it is about being with people yet being alone at the same time.
11. anonymous

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    Apr 27th 2006 !⃝

    Because sometimes, ya know, THEY ACTUALLY ARE.

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12. anonymous

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    Apr 27th 2006 !⃝

    Because sometimes, ya know, THEY ACTUALLY ARE.

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13. mojorisin

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    Apr 3rd 2006 !⃝

    Why is it that everytime you people don't know what the song means, so it's GOTTA be about drugs, right???
14. anonymous

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    Feb 27th 2006 !⃝

    This entire song is about tripping on a strong hallucinogen, people look strange when you are tripping, it also refers to faces coming out of the rain, which happens when you trip...it also says streets are uneven, jim is trying to explain how weird humans are, and how you can realize this by tripping on a strong hallucinogen
15. anonymous

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    Dec 6th 2005 !⃝

    It's about how strangers deal with you, and how you deal with strangers.

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