[Verse 1]
Happiness is just a word to me
And it might've meant a thing or two
If I had known the difference
Emptiness, a lonely parody
And my life, another smokin' gun
A sign of my indifference
Always keepin' safe inside
Where no one ever had a chance
To penetrate and break in
Let me tell you, some have tried
But I would slam the door so tight
That they could never get in

Kept my cool under lock and key
And I never shed a tear
Another sign of my condition
Fear of love, or bitter vanity
That kept me on the run
The main events at my confession
I kept a chain upon my door
That would shake the shame of Cain
Into a blind submission
The burning ghost without a name
Was still calling all the same
But I just would not listen
[Hook 1]
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
I was crawlin' into the fire
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
I kept fallin' into the fire

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 2]
Suddenly, it occurred to me
That the reason for the run and hide
Had totaled my existence
Everything left on the other side
Could never be much worse than this
But could I go the distance
I faced the door of all my shame
Tearin' off each piece of chain
Until they all were broken
No matter how I tried
The other side was locked tight
The door, it would not open
[Hook 2]
Gave it all that I got
I started to knock
Shouting for someone
To open the lock
I just gotta break through the door
The harder I knocked
The hotter I got
The hotter I got
The harder I knocked
I just gotta break through the door

[Outro]
I gotta knock a little harder
I gotta knock a little harder
I gotta knock a little harder
Break through the door
I gotta knock a little harder
I gotta knock a little harder
I gotta knock a little harder
Break through the door
Take it away

[Keyboard Solo]

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I gotta knock a little harder
I gotta knock a little harder
I gotta knock a little harder
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I gotta, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta
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