Doors

Album: The Great Divide (2026)
Charted: 12 9
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  • I grew up pretending sticks were little guns
    I would point 'em at my dad, and he'd get mad
    'Cause God forbid I hurt someone
    I'd hurt anyone I could
    Anyone who got too close, and anyone who wouldn't look
    I was born into a one hundred year storm
    Foot of ice across Vermont
    And in that dark, and in that frost, a heart was formed
    Malcontented and unwarm
    You were unsuspecting, not unwarned

    That I'm the trouble ahead
    That I scream in my sleep
    You're putting money on red, I'm a sure bet at a losing streak
    I keep showing you doors, but you can't open them up
    'Cause it gets harder to see me the closer you try to look

    I just live here, babe, but you're the one who decided to knock
    And you knocked

    Have you ever stared directly at the sun?
    Have you ever shared some closeness, so exposed
    To have it spit back by someone?
    So, forgive me if I jump
    At the rattle of your keys
    "Oh, are you leaving?," "No, babe, I'm just waking up"
    And now what?
    I'm left staring at the ceiling, listing reasons you should pack all your shit up

    Yeah, I'm the trouble ahead
    And I scream in my sleep
    You're putting money on red, I'm a sure bet at a losing streak
    I keep showing you doors, but you can't open them up
    'Cause it gets harder to see me the closer you try to look

    I just live here, babe, but you're the one who decided to knock
    You knocked

    I'll be gone so long before the anger comes
    I'll be only what you've known of me 'til now
    Oh, how I hope you're moving on

    'Cause I'm the trouble ahead
    And I scream in my sleep
    You're putting money on red, I'm a sure bet at a losing streak
    I keep showing you doors, but you can't open them up
    'Cause it gets harder to see me the closer you try to look
    I just live here, babe, but you're the one
    I just live here, babe, but you're the one
    I just live here, babe, but you're the one Writer/s: Noah Kahan
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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