Many think the song is about his thoughts, feelings and perceptions while smoking a joint (the midnight lamp). Jimi is actually referring to the burning the midnight oil (going over playlists and song notes) as he reflects upon his loneliness and isolations he feels while traveling when on tour. and staying up past midnight.
Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Lyrics
The morning is dead
And the day is, too
There's nothing left here to meet me
But the velvet moon
All my loneliness I have felt today
It's like a little more than enough
To make a man throw himself away
And I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Alone
Now the smiling portrait of you
Is still hangin' on my frowning wall
It really doesn't, really doesn't bother me too much at all
It's just the ever falling dust
That makes it so hard for me to see
That forgotten earring layin' on the floor
Facing coldly towards the door
I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Lord, alone
Loneliness is such a drag
So here I sit to face
That same old fire place
Gettin' ready for the same old explosion
Goin' through my mind
And soon enough time will tell,
About the circus in the wishing well
And someone who will buy and sell for me
Someone to toll my bell
And I continue
To burn this old lamp
Lord, alone
Darlin' can't ya hear me callin' you?
So lonely
Gonna have to blow my mind
Lonely
Writer(s): Ellas McDaniel
Copyright(s): Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, O/B/O DistroKid
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