The Doorway - Neurosis

We live in the doorway I fell in love and there was nothing there to save me from I fell alone into I fell alone into You You In our tracks Come on in and rest We live in the doorway I fell in love and there was nothing there to save me from I fell alone into I fell alone into You You Can you hear your thoughts? Do you fear the worst? Tell me what I am not What I am not I am not Don't tell me that I cannot That I cannot I cannot And I will not Live in the doorway I fell in love and there was no one there to save me from I fell alone into I fell alone into You You Life in the doorway Colors us the wrong way You won't lose But you will never win Life in the doorway Colors us the wrong way I would rather try I would rather try I would rather try

I'm a-walkin' through the summer nights The jukebox playing low Yesterday everything was goin' too fast Today it's moving too slow. I got no place left to turn I got nothing left to burn Don't know if I saw you If I would kiss you or kill you It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' I got nothing to go back to now. The light in this place is so bad Makin' me sick in the head All the laughter is just makin' me sad The stars have turned cherry red. I'm strummin' on my gay guitar Smokin' a cheap cigar The ghost of our old love has not gone away Don't look it like it will any time soon You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Under the midnight moon. Maybe they'll get me, and maybe they won't But not tonight and it won't be here There are things I could say but I don't I know the mercy of God must be near. I've been ridin' the midnight train Got ice water in my vein. I would be crazy if I took you back It would go up against every rule You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Sufferin' like a fool. When the last rays of daylight go down Buddy you're older or more I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard I wonder who they're ringin' for? I know I can't win But my heart just won't give in. Last night I danced with a stranger But she just reminded me you were the one. You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' In the dark land of the sun. I'll eat when I'm hungry Drink when I'm dry And live my life on the square And even if the flesh falls off of my face I know someone will be there to care. It always meaned so much, even the softest touch. I see nothin' to be gained by any explanation There's no words that need to be said You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Blues wrapped around my head.

Go find someone else I am not ready to die Go whisper softly To someone else Ask them To lie down You can tell 'em I'll be back in the minute For now is not the time I was there already I think, as a child But I really can't remember why Someone in the doorway Someone in the light Someone through the wall always Someone left outside Go find someone else I am not ready to decide Go whisper softly To the man with no time Ask him To pick sides You can tell 'em I'll be back in a minute For now is not the time Gone to find the root they all chewed on For millennia Do something better with my time Someone in the doorway Someone in the light Someone in my hallway Someone wearin' a new hat Someone on the floor outside They say you don't come back from that Into the light of a bad dream Into the laughter of a war England a sedative on my tongue Goodbye, goodbye that's all Goodbye, goodbye that's all

I'm walking through the summer nights The jukebox is playing low Yesterday, everything was going too fast Today, it's moving too slow Too many silver spoons Too much salt in my wounds I don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you Probably it wouldn't make no difference to you anyhow You left me standing in the doorway, crying Nothing to go back to now The light in this place is really bad Make me sick in the head All the laughter is just gettin' me sad Even the stars have turned cherry red I've been strumming on this gay guitar Well, I'm smoking a cheap cigar Well, the ghost of our old love has not gone away It don't look it like it will anytime soon You left me standing in the doorway, crying Under the midnight moon Well, maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't But not tonight, and it won't be here I know, this horse that I'm riding on, could throw me, but it don't The mercy of God must be near It always means so much Even the softest touch I'd be crazy if I took you back again It would go up against every rule You left me standing in the doorway, crying Suffering like a fool When the last rays of daylight go down Buddy, you'll roll no more I can hear them silent bells in my head And I wonder who they're ringing for Don't pass me by Give me liberty or let me die Last night, I was dancing with a stranger But she just reminded me that you were the one You left me standing in the doorway, crying In the dark land of the sun I'll eat when I'm hungry, and I'll drink when I'm dry And I'll live my life on the square And even if the flesh falls off of my face I know someone will be there to care I've been riding on that midnight train Got ice water in my veins I see nothing to be gained by any explanation There's no words that need to be said Well, you left me standing in the doorway, crying With the blues wrapped around my head

When you're 'high' If you could see what I see In your unfocused empty child-like eyes You'd see my father's blue stare And the horror Of the loss of language of an educated man He recited poems and Shakespeare, Knew the name of every tree in Latin Memory The unjust cruel sentencing of bewilderment And the dying of the brain. When you're 'high' What do you see His last words to me from surgery His last words: "Burning burning" "Burning burning" "Burning burning" I'm in the flame "Burning burning"

Mother deliver me I'm ready to be recieved Hold me mother to your breast Hold me mother through my death Into your arms Into your arms "Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now at the Hour of our Death"

I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will... (He's coming...) I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will (Can't you see he's coming?) I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will (With the touch of his cold hand...) I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will (He's coming for you...) The kidnapper comes from a space within Where thoughts have created the past again. The kidnapper comes from a space within Where thoughts have created the past again. I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will... (He's coming...) I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will (Can't you see he's coming?) I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will (With the touch of his cold hand...) I tell you, if God wants to take me, he will (He's coming for you...) The kidnapper comes from a space within Where thoughts have created the past again. The kidnapper comes from a space within Where thoughts have created the past again. The kidnapper comes from a space within Where thoughts have created the past again. The past again...