[Verse 1]
Down in the hall
By the boarded door
I know that knock
I heard it before
Moth-eaten rug
Black stain on the grout
Your name on the wall
And it won't come out
Cold little grin
In the cracked-up glass
Three steps behind me
When I look, you pass
I keep my head low
I keep my mouth shut
But the floorboards talk
And they say what's up
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't say my name
Don't ring that bell
I can taste that metal
I can smell that spell
Same black shade
At the edge of sight
When the air goes thin
You know it's night
[Chorus]
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
I hear that scratch
I hear that call
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
If you let him in
He takes it all
[Verse 2]
Back room pulse
Like a fist on tin
Mama said run
When the red eyes grin
Ash in the sink
And a bite on the cup
I tried to wash it down
But it keeps coming up
Chain on the gate
Still it swings wide
I see two reflections
But I move one side
Hush in the vents
And a laugh in the pipe
It crawls through the walls
Like it owns the night
I don't pray loud
I don't beg twice
I just nail that frame
And I lock that vice
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't say my name
Don't ring that bell
I can taste that metal
I can smell that spell
Same black shade
At the edge of sight
When the air goes thin
You know it's night
[Chorus]
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
I hear that scratch
I hear that call
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
If you let him in
He takes it all
[Bridge]
One-eye blink
Then the room went still
Footsteps stopped
By the windowsill
I held my breath
Till the floorboard cracked
Now something smiling
Came crawling back
[Chorus]
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
I hear that scratch
I hear that call
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
Devil at the door (devil at the door)
If you let him in
He takes it all