The night sets softly
With the hush of falling leaves,
Casting shivering shadows
On the houses through the trees,
And the light from a street lamp
Paints a pattern on my wall,
Like the pieces of a puzzle
Or a child's uneven scrawl.
Up a narrow flight of stairs
In a narrow little room,
As I lie upon my bed
In the early evening gloom.
Impaled on my wall
My eyes can dimly see
The pattern of my life
And the puzzle that is me.
From the moment of my birth
To the instant of my death,
There are patterns I must follow
Just as I must breathe each breath.
Like a rat in a maze
The path before me lies,
And the pattern never alters
Until the rat dies.
And the pattern still remains
On the wall where darkness fell,
And it's fitting that it should,
For in darkness I must dwell.
Like the color of my skin,
Or the day that I grow old,
My life is made of patterns
That can scarcely be controlled.Well, ever since I was 5 years old
You've filled me with a burnin' need
But you've acted oh, so damn cold
Like you never even noticed me
Well, they say that love always finds a way
Well, if it takes forever, and it may
I'm gonna...gonna...I'm gonna keep
(chorus)
Knockin' at your door
Late in the midnight hour
Knockin' at your door
Ooh when there ain't nobody around
There's nothin' in the whole wide world
That I wouldn't do for you
Even lay me down in the dirt
Oh just to show my love is true
Baby you can run but you can't hide
But you know that someday I'm gonna make you mine
I'm gonna knock, I'm gonna knock
And you're gonna let me in!
(chorus)
Knockin' at your door
'Til ya come and let me in
Knockin' at your door
Lord knows I'm never gonna quit
*Bridge*
no!
Baby you can run but you can't hide
But you know that someday I'm gonna make you mine
I'm gonna knock, Gotta keep knockin,
And you're gonna notice me!
(repeat chorus)
let me in let me in
I'm never gonna quit
why don't you understand?
I bet you got the whole thing planned...
---fade out---