KNOCK KNOCK... LET ME IN [Verse 1] Midnight sleeps beneath the rain, An empty house remembers my name. Three slow knocks upon the wood, Just like I promised long ago I would. Dust is dancing in the hall, A dying candle paints the wall. No footsteps come, no shadow moves, Yet something waits beyond the rooms. [Pre-Chorus] Don't ask who's standing in the night, Don't turn away, don't kill the light. There's an old rule carved in time— Three knocks, one whisper, then you're mine. [Chorus] Knock, knock... let me in, I have come where I have always been. Knock, knock... hear the sound, Old forgotten footsteps on the ground. Open the door, say my name, Every century repeats the same. Knock, knock... let me in, Some old habits never really end. [Verse 2] Grandmother told me when I was young, Of the visitor with a silver tongue. “Never leave the doorway closed, When the midnight knocking comes in threes.” But years erase the things we fear, Until that ancient sound comes near. Three little knocks against the frame, And suddenly I remember the name. [Pre-Chorus] A cold breath whispers through the key, “You know the ritual... you know me.” The house grows still, the shadows grin, The oldest guest is waiting to come in. [Chorus] Knock, knock... let me in, I have come where I have always been. Knock, knock... hear the sound, Old forgotten footsteps on the ground. Open the door, say my name, Every generation plays the game. Knock, knock... let me in, Some old habits never really end. [Bridge] I turn the lock— The hallway breathes. I hear a voice Beneath the leaves. “Thank you, child, You kept the vow. I was outside... I'm inside now.” The candle dies. The darkness smiles. The knocking stops— For just a while. [Final Chorus] Knock, knock... let me in, Now you know where I have always been. Knock, knock... don't be afraid, The oldest promises cannot decay. You opened the door, You spoke my name, And now tomorrow won't be the same. Knock, knock... let me in, The ritual lives... The ritual begins. [Outro – Whispered] Three knocks in the midnight rain... Three knocks, and I'll return again... Knock... knock... ...let me in.
