[Intro – Funky Bassline, Muted Guitar, Light Drums]
Every entrance looks the same
Different sign, same old game
Front row seats to the parade
While the exits slowly fade
[Verse 1]
Locked into a grand display
Smile like it’s all O.K.
But behind the velvet rope
I’m just scanning lines for hope
Every hallway leads to more
Of what I’ve already seen before
Every answer dressed in gold
But the truth is getting old
[Pre-Chorus]
If there’s a way around the scene
It’s somewhere in between
[Refrain]
Doesn’t any place
Have a backdoor
(Any more)
Some way to get out
When in doubt
(Shout!)
Need a no doubt route!
(Backdoor!)
[Verse 2 – Groove Builds]
Every spotlight feels too bright
Every day turns into night
Every rule I didn’t write
Still defines me left and right
Whispers travel wall to wall
There’s a way beyond it all
Not the path they advertise
But the one they keep disguised
[Pre-Chorus]
Not every exit’s in plain sight
Some only show when you don’t fight
[Refrain]
Doesn’t any place
Have a backdoor
(Any more)
Some way to get out
When in doubt
(Shout!)
Need a no doubt route!
(Backdoor!)
[Bridge – Breakdown, Percussion + Organ]
Check the corners, check the seams
Hidden in the in-betweens
Every structure has a flaw
Every system breaks a law
Pull the curtain, find the crack
Every “forward” leads you back
Unless you step outside the frame
And stop playing by the game
[Build – Full Band Rising]
If the front is all a show
Then the side is where I go
If the path is all mapped out
Then I’m taking the way out
[Final Refrain – Big, Layered Vocals]
Doesn’t any place
Have a backdoor
(Any more)
Some way to get out
When in doubt
(Shout!)
Need a no doubt route!
(Backdoor!)
Find the hidden detour!
(Backdoor!)
[Outro – Bass Groove + Guitar Fade]
Every place…
Every space…
There’s a backdoor…
(Like before)
[Silence]
From the album “Exit Strategy“