Happiness is just a word to me  
And it might have meant a thing or two  
If I’d known the difference
 
Emptiness, a lonely parody  
And my life, another smokin’ gun  
A sign of my indifference
 
Always keepin’ safe inside  
Where no one ever had a chance  
To penetrate a break in
 
Let me tell you some have tried  
But I would slam the door so tight  
That they could never get in
 
Kept my cool under lock and key  
And I never shed a tear  
Another sign of my condidtion
 
Fear of love or bitter vanity  
That kept me on the run  
The main events at my confession
 
I kept a chain upon my door  
That would shake the shame of Cain  
Into a blind submission
 
The burning ghost without a name  
Was calling all the same  
But I wouldn’t listen
 
The longer I’d stall  
The further I’d crawl  
The further I’d crawl  
The harder I’d fall  
I was crawlin’ into the fire
 
The more that I saw  
The further I’d fall  
The further I’d fall  
The lower I’d crawl  
I kept fallin’ into the fire  
Into the fire  
Into the fire
 
Suddenly it occurred to me  
The reason for the run and hide  
Had totaled my existence
 
Everything left on the other side  
Could never be much worse that this  
But could I go the distance
 
I faced the door and all my shame  
Tearin’ off each piece of chain  
Until they all were broken
 
But no matter how I tried  
The other side was licked so tight  
That door it wouldn’t open
 
Gave it all that I got  
And started to knock  
Shouted for someone  
To open the lock  
I just gotta get through the door
 
And the more that I knocked  
The hotter I got  
The hotter I got  
The harder I’d knock  
I just gotta break through the door
 
Gotta knock a little harder  
Gotta knock a little harder  
Gotta knock a little harder  
Break through the door