[Intro] [Misterioso] Three knocks. Then nothing. Three knocks again. [Verse] It's two seventeen in the morning No headlights out on the street The porch light died without warning And something stopped underneath I hear the old wood settling I hear the old wood settling I hear the rain against the glass Then somebody knocks so gently Like they know I'm awake at last [Pre-Chorus] No car in the driveway No footsteps in the rain I tell myself it's only wind Then I hear my name [Chorus] Don't answer the door Don't ask who's there Don't look through the window Don't pull back the chair Whatever is waiting Has waited before If it knows your name Don't answer the door [Verse] The clock keeps losing minutes The hallway feels too long My phone says no one's calling But I hear breathing on There's water on the doorstep But no tracks leading away And from the other side of the wood My own voice starts to say— [Whisper] Let me in. [Breakdown] I don't move I don't breathe The handle turns One degree Then stops. [Verse] Morning finds the porch empty Sunlight crawling across the floor I almost laugh at what frightened me Then I see the lock on the door Still bolted Still chained Still exactly as before And three wet footprints Leading from the door Toward me. [Chorus] [Crescendo] Don't answer the door Don't ask who's there Don't look through the window Don't think it's a prayer Whatever was waiting Is waiting no more If it knows your name Don't answer the door [Outro] Three knocks. Behind me. [End]
