Verse 1 Some things arrive gently A knock A voice A light At the edge of the evening Some things don't Verse 2 I thought I would hear them coming A warning A signal A sign Instead they came all at once Through the wall Refrain The door was over there The door was over there But life chose another way The door was over there Verse 3 Love could have knocked Grief could have knocked Time could have knocked And asked to come in None of them did Verse 4 They crossed the room without asking Moved the pictures Changed the air Sat down beside me As if they had always lived there Refrain The door was over there The door was over there But life chose another way The door was over there Bridge Maybe that's how it happens The important things The painful things The beautiful things Never use the door Outro The door was over there The door was over there I know But they were already inside
