Somebody's Knocking

Verse 1

Pumpkins grinning on the porch tonight

Something shifts behind the window glass

I lock the door and check the latch twice

But the latch won't hold what's walking past

Shadows stretch a little longer now

Every porch light flickers out in turn

I never used to fear October

I never used to watch the candles burn

Pre-Chorus

So tell me why

The doorbell rings with nobody there

Tell me why

The sugar tastes like copper everywhere

Chorus

Somebody's knocking

Somebody's out there in the leaves

Somebody's knocking

And I don't think that somebody breathes

Post-Chorus

Knock knock

Who's there

Knock knock

Nowhere

Verse 2

My daughter carved a smile into a face

Tonight that face is turned toward me

I hang a sheet across the hallway

It moves without a body underneath

The radio plays carols in the kitchen

The station's been off since the afternoon

I count the candy in the plastic bowl

It's one piece short and then it's two

Pre-Chorus

So tell me how

The mirror fogs when no one's in the room

Tell me how

The attic hums a slow and patient tune

Chorus

Somebody's knocking

Somebody's out there in the leaves

Somebody's knocking

And I don't think that somebody breathes

Post-Chorus

Knock knock

Who's there

Knock knock

Nowhere

Bridge

I could answer

I could hide

I could barricade the stair

But every year the night gets hungry

Every year it knows my name

Chorus

Somebody's knocking

Somebody's out there in the leaves

Somebody's knocking

And I don't think that somebody breathes

Somebody's knocking

Somebody's waiting by the tree

Somebody's knocking

And I think that somebody is me

Outro

Knock knock

(Who's there)

Knock knock

(Nowhere)

Knock knock

(Who's there)

Knock knock