[Intro: Slow-burning blues guitar riff, distant siren, loose hi-hat groove, low organ swell] [Verse] Midnight crawling down these empty streets Neon flickers, echo of my heartbeat Something breathing in the alleyways Cold wind whisperin’ secrets it won’t say Footsteps ticking like a loaded gun Every shadow says “you’re not the only one” Got his trail but it’s fading fast And I feel those eyes on my back [Instrumental fill: gritty guitar lick with organ stabs] [Chorus] Can you hear me knocking in the dead of night? (Hear me knocking, hear me knocking) Chasing ghosts under broken light There’s a devil running loose in this town And I won’t stop ‘til I track him down [Instrumental: melodic blues guitar solo, expressive bends, building intensity] [Verse] Blood-stained stories on the radio Another body where the river flows He leaves a mark but no name to find Just a twisted trail inside his mind City’s breathing like it knows the truth Every siren sings a hollow blues I’m getting closer, I can feel the heat But the hunter’s now the hunted in the street [Instrumental fill: syncopated guitar + bass groove] [Chorus] Can you hear me knocking in the dead of night? (Hear me knocking, hear me knocking) Running circles in the pale moonlight There’s a devil laughing underground And I won’t rest ‘til he’s finally found [Extended Instrumental Jam: Loose groove expands — congas enter with rolling patterns, Hammond organ swells and improvises chords, Tenor saxophone takes a raw, expressive solo, Call-and-response between guitar and sax, Rhythm section locks into hypnotic, swinging pulse, Gradual layering and dynamic rises] [Instrumental break: sax wails over congas and organ, guitar answering phrases] [Outro: Fading jam with layered improvisation, distant sirens return, groove dissolves] Shadows calling… (calling…) Still I’m running… (running…) Hear that knocking… knocking… [end]
