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Knock Knock Knock Lyrics
All lines are read, the film is done
After hours is on and now they'll make another one
If you miss the meaning this time
Well here comes another one
And if you clap your hands, the man will fall
Hold your breath, he'll shake himself to death
And the scenes get rearranged
When words are said
Every day, I hear "knock knock knock"
Oh and it's you
Oh every day, I hear "knock knock knock"
Then I see you and you're shaking
And you're breaking and you tell me I'm your only friend
And it starts all over again
You said you were living in a buttoned-up world
Living in 1892
And I want nothing they could say to convince me
Or to blame nobody but you
Some truth and you know it's gonna blow
But you don't give a damn, don't care who's gonna know
You just want everyone talk slow
And give you consent
Every time I hear "knock knock knock"
I know that it's you
Oh every day, I hear "knock knock knock"
And I see you and you're shaking
Oh you're breaking so I put down the poison pen
And it starts all over again
And it starts all over again
And it starts all over again
And it all starts up to give
It's all over again
After hours is on and now they'll make another one
If you miss the meaning this time
Well here comes another one
Hold your breath, he'll shake himself to death
And the scenes get rearranged
When words are said
Oh and it's you
Oh every day, I hear "knock knock knock"
Then I see you and you're shaking
And you're breaking and you tell me I'm your only friend
And it starts all over again
Living in 1892
And I want nothing they could say to convince me
Or to blame nobody but you
But you don't give a damn, don't care who's gonna know
You just want everyone talk slow
And give you consent
I know that it's you
Oh every day, I hear "knock knock knock"
And I see you and you're shaking
Oh you're breaking so I put down the poison pen
And it starts all over again
And it starts all over again
It's all over again
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Sounds a bit like the lead singer has a friend who loves to gossip. The "knock knock knock" is literal knocking, as the singer answers the door to let the friend in, who proceeds to spill the beans about something.
I think this song is about forgiveness and where a relationship gets to a point where it's about to break but something happens, your forgive them and everything starts from square one including the drama, bullsh!t and you regret it because history repeats.
My interpretation is that it's about a love interest who has the narrator pretty much around their finger. Every time the narrator moves on this character turns up in some broken, perhaps repentant, pitiable or compassion evoking state and the narrator changes their mind 'and it starts all over again'.
For instance 'so I put down the poison pen' the narrator could be writing a harsh song about the other character and quits it.) The second stanza of the first verse speaks to the idea of the narrator believing themselves in the control of the other character, or at least helpless to control their reactions to certain things.
The line 'You just want everyone talk slow and give you consent' is just a knockout.
Seems to me like it's about a friend who's been in a bad place for long, possibly struggling with an addiction of some sort. He reaches out for a helping hand again and again, demanding that everyone go easy on him. The singer has grown tired of it, stating that his friend is in his peril because of his own doing. He suffers because his friend drags him down with him, but can't really bring himself to not answer the "knock knock knock" on the door.
When I hear this song I hear someone who seeks attention for the character they pretend to be, in this case acting in a film, and when they don’t get that attention they run to their friend for approval who ironically is the one saying bad things about them so they have to keep running back to them creating a cycle.
The first line about reading lines and the film being done as well as the clapping making him bow or “fall” and the silence or “holding of the breath” making him shake to death lead up to the actor seeking his only friend when he is shaking and breaking.
One of my favs by this artist.
Oh and the line “and the seas get real raged” should be “and the scenes get rearranged when words are said” because when films get screened for feedback they change the film.
Oh and the line “and the seas get real raged” should be “and the scenes get rearranged when words are said” because when films get screened for feedback they change the film.