Cover art for Angel’s Doorway by Suzanne Vega

Angel’s Doorway

Jul. 17, 20071 viewer

Angel’s Doorway Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Angel comes home
His clothes in a cloud
Of the dust and the dirt and destruction

[Verse 2]
She waits inside
She knows he's arrived
She feels this with no introduction

[Chorus]
At Angel's door
You have to leave it on the floor
Don't bring it in (Don't bring it in)
He can't show
What she doesn't want to know
Those things he's seen

[Verse 3]
She knows the smell
Of that life he can't tell
Of the fires and the flesh and confusion

[Verse 4]
Inside his brain
It's never the same
Though he tries to maintain the illusion
[Chorus]
At Angel's door
You have to leave it on the floor
Don't bring it in (Don't bring it in)
He can't show
What she doesn't want to know
Those things he's seen

[Verse 1]
Angel comes home
His clothes in a cloud
Of the dust and the dirt and destruction

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What did Suzanne Vega say about "Angel's Doorway"?
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“A cop is stationed at Ground Zero and his wife wants him to leave his clothes at the door. Also about troops returning home.”

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July 17, 2007
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