Song Description

Evoking an image of the military tradition of informing the fallen's next of kin by sending military personnel to deliver the news in person, Knock on the Door tells the story of a father who has been waiting for his son to return from overseas duty when

Lyrics

I?ve been thinkin? about you a whole lot today
Just want to see you, you?ve been so far away
All of the phone calls and letters I?ve saved
Just wish you were here

I?ve prayed through the distance, I?ve prayed through the tears
I?ve begged God for mercy until you get here
It?s more than you bargained for, much more I fear
You should have been home last year

Well I?m thinkin? out loud, and I wish you could hear
Just how much I love you and just want you near
Well maybe, just maybe you?ll answer my prayer
Now, isn?t it strange? This time of day, there?s a knock on my door

They say you?ll be home tomorrow, you?ll be in my sight
You?re bringing the answer that fate has decided
Well you?re comin? alone, son you died much too young
Well at least now I know just where you are
?Cause there?s a knock at my door

Sorry means nothin?, regrets don?t repay
A life that?s been taken for some foolish game
The only real peace we will find is the grave
And this world keeps on spinning, and business goes on the same

You can talk all you want, try to make me believe
Well I?m not that blind, cause the truth I can see
Our heroes and cowards are what we believe
But this emptiness inside of me, is like a bottomless sea

They say you?ll be home tomorrow, you?ll be in my sight
You?re bringing the answer that fate has decided
Well you?re comin? alone, son you died much too young
Well at least now I know just where you are
?Cause there?s a knock at my door

Yeah you?re comin? home, you?re coming home
Yes you?re comin? home, you?re truly coming home
Yes you?re coming home, finally comin? home
You?ll finally get back home, sweet, sweet child
There?s a knock at my door, there?s a knock on my door
There?s a box, at my door