Can you feel me coming
Open the door it's only me
I have that desperate feeling
In trouble is where I'm going to be

I know you hear me knocking
So open the door and set me free


If there's a kingdom beyond it all
Is there a god who loves us all
Do we believe in love at all
I'm still pretending, I'm not a fool


So in your infinite wisdom
Show me how this life should be
With all your love and glory
Doesn't mean that much to me


If there's a kingdom beyond it all
Is there a god who loves us all
Do we believe in love at all
I'm still pretending, I'm not a fool


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    I think he, like so many people, is questioning if there's a God and Heaven. He's asking, possibly in vain, for God's help. To show him how to live a good life as he feels he's going down a path that will lead to trouble. The later verse about "love and glory" not meaning much to him could be the feeling of being left behind or unwanted by God; like "why does He let these things happen to me if He loves me?"

    The allusion to a door being opened and being "let in" could mean a church or, to a larger degree, Gods kingdom: Heaven. I'm not a religious individual, but that's what i see and hear in the lyrics.

    Darkeron November 10, 2007   Link

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