did anyone say The Walk by The Cure yet?
I called you after midnightThen ran until I burstI passed the howling womanAnd stood outside your door
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain <-- i could be wrong but this has a bit about knocking on a door for three years i think?
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
Van Morrison - Dweller At The Threshold
^ I wouldn't wish homelessness on anyone but I do like to think that this is literally about Van living on someone's doorstep
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
B52s - Love Shack
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Hank Williams - Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jts27gZfKQo
tbh this is kind of an anti-example, being about NOT being at the door
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
Carole King "So Far Away"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofYl3dataU
So far awayDoesn't anybody stay in one place anymoreIt would be so fine to see your face at my door
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
and he came to a door...and he looked inside..."Father?" "Yes, son?" "I want to kill you"
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
perhaps insufficient "someone" and "literal door" content, but I've had "The Claw" by Ten Benson in my head since I first read this thread title, so: claw's scratching at my door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftbCvjlS_pg
(or skip halfway through for the main draw of the song, the weird-vacuuming-noise solo)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
This Mortal Coil - "Another Day"
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/collection-images/138-080-000.jpg
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Have could we have come so far without mentioning Jimmy Nail's "Ain't No Doubt"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF47M3YDlg
Jim even does a helpful mime to help us visual someone knocking at a door:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HeavyCandidCicada-max-1mb.gif
― Brainless Addlepated Timid Muddleheaded Awful No-Account (Pheeel), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kecN9z91Rpc
― calzino, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
Early this morningWhen you knocked upon my doorAnd I said "Hello SatanI believe it's time to go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsnRc09csQ
― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 7 June 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
I was trying to think if Madness had ever done one. 'Embarrassment' ('Stay away from our door') is the only one I can think of.
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Thursday, 7 June 2018 08:12 (five years ago) link
I linked to Uncle Sam a little ways upthread.
'here they come again, hop scotching up to my door'
― MaresNest, Thursday, 7 June 2018 09:34 (five years ago) link
Deep Purple - Knockin' At Your Back DoorZep - Nobody's Fault But Mine ("Somebody open that DINGDONGDINGDONG)
― Cannonley Adderall (InternationalWaters), Thursday, 7 June 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link
Now, who is that knocking?Who's knocking at my chamber door?Now could it be the police?They come and take me for a ride-rideOh, but I haven't got the time-timeHey, hey, hey, she's busy sucking on my ding-dong
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 7 June 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
Three little birdsPitch by my doorstep
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 7 June 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link