Filk #94 - The Calling Door
My entry for the ConFlikt contest. It didn't place but I still think it's a groovy song!
The Calling Door
Am F G Am F G Am
Outside the window, night now is falling / What are you feeling?
Am F G Am F G Am
Beyond the deep darkness, hear the door calling / Reality reeling
F
All our foolish efforts the passage only stalling / Where madness will begin
F
Listen and you’ll hear the door ever softly calling / Enter in, oh enter gently softly swiftly in
The handle cold lies within reach
Are there lessons left to learn?
I pause against the calling door, pause and turn away
Supposing that the calling door can wait another day
Another day, or two, no more
Until I seek the siren song of that calling door
Here in the kitchen, fresh bread is baking / The oven glows red
Cat in the corner stretching and waking / Not knowing the dread
The call of the door leaves me wild and shaking / Where madness will begin
Which part is the dream to lose upon waking / Enter in, oh enter gently softly swiftly in
Refrain
Where are the others who’ve passed through the door? / Wherewith to reckon?
The ones that we’ve loved who are with us no more? / I hear them beckon
I’d like to believe they’re on some golden shore / But madness must begin
No choice but mine to cross the threshold of that calling door / Enter in, oh enter gently softly swiftly in
Refrain
Someday soon we each must go
What lies beyond, I’m dying to know
But not today
The Calling Door
Am F G Am F G Am
Outside the window, night now is falling / What are you feeling?
Am F G Am F G Am
Beyond the deep darkness, hear the door calling / Reality reeling
F
All our foolish efforts the passage only stalling / Where madness will begin
F
Listen and you’ll hear the door ever softly calling / Enter in, oh enter gently softly swiftly in
The handle cold lies within reach
Are there lessons left to learn?
I pause against the calling door, pause and turn away
Supposing that the calling door can wait another day
Another day, or two, no more
Until I seek the siren song of that calling door
Here in the kitchen, fresh bread is baking / The oven glows red
Cat in the corner stretching and waking / Not knowing the dread
The call of the door leaves me wild and shaking / Where madness will begin
Which part is the dream to lose upon waking / Enter in, oh enter gently softly swiftly in
Refrain
Where are the others who’ve passed through the door? / Wherewith to reckon?
The ones that we’ve loved who are with us no more? / I hear them beckon
I’d like to believe they’re on some golden shore / But madness must begin
No choice but mine to cross the threshold of that calling door / Enter in, oh enter gently softly swiftly in
Refrain
Someday soon we each must go
What lies beyond, I’m dying to know
But not today