“Door” is the 8th and second-to-last track on Mitski’s debut studio album Lush.
In this song, Mitski sings of a door, which represents happiness in her life. However, since she has never experienced love, she has always fallen short of the door. This song is about her wanting to get to the other si...
[Verse 1]
There is a door to me
I've never seen it
Sometimes I get closer to it
But I've never found it
At twilight, I almost had it
But then the night fell
I looked out at the dark and wondered
How could I have lost it?
[Verse 2]
Then, one night, at the park I saw it
With my cheek in the dirt
I couldn't move underneath the dark
But at least I finally found it
Cried out a creak and opened
To show me what's beyond it
A hopeless violence
I named it love
Door was written by Mitski.
Door was produced by Scot Moriarty.