Music I love: 2

Yep this is going to be a regular series. Here's another song by Yoko Kanno from the Cowboy Bebop movie soundtrack, once again lyrics are provided courtesy of stlyrics.com . I found an amv with the song from the last post "No Reply" on You Tube but nothing for this one unfortunately :-(

Artist: Yoko Kanno
Song: Gotta Knock A Little Harder
Lyrics: Tim Jensen

Happiness is just a word to me, and it might have meant a thing or two
If I'd known the difference
Emptiness, a lonely parody, and my life, another smokin' gun
A sign of my indifference

Always keepin' safe inside,where no one ever had a chance
To penetrate a break in
Let me tell you some have tried, but I would slam the door so tight
That they could never get in

Kept my cool under lock and key, and I never shed a tear
Another sign of my condidtion
Fear of love or bitter vanity, that kept me on the run
The main events at my confession

I kept a chain upon my door,that would shake the shame of Cain
Into a blind submission
The burning ghost without a name ,was calling all the same
But I wouldn't listen

The longer I'd stall, the further I'd crawl
The further I'd crawl, the harder I'd fall
I was crawlin' into the fire
The more that I saw, the further I'd fall
The further I'd fall, the lower I'd crawl
I kept fallin' into the fire

Suddenly it occurred to me, the reason for the run and hide
Had totalled my existence
Everything left on the other side, could never be much worse than this
But could I go the distance?

I faced the door and all my shame, tearin' off each piece of chain
Until they all were broken
But no matter how I tried, the other side was locked so tight
That door it wouldn't open

Gave it all that I got, and started to knock
Shouted for someone to open the lock
I just gotta, get through the door

And the more that I knocked, the hotter I got
The hotter I got, the harder I'd knock
I just gotta, break through the door

Gotta knock a little harder, Gotta knock a little harder
Gotta knock a little harder, Break through the door