"Doorway" genre: Pop
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	A song about breaking free of the traps we put ourselves into. Featuring lead guitar by Jay Azzolina, formerly with the band Spyro Gyra.
	CD: Doorway   Label: Dragonheart Music Credits: Produced by Bill Kollar.
	Story Behind the Song Although bits and pieces of the lyrics existed beforehand, this song really came together when I decided I'd had it with a "day job" I'd been working at in New York. The song was a declaration of freedom, and a reminder to myself (and anyone else listening) that we trap ourselves when we accept ideas about how we have to live (or dress, or eat, or behave) without questioning them. Most of the "limits" that we accept as "fact" aren't real at all. They're just ideas we've lived with for so long that they seem like facts. And they can make us really miserable until we see them for what they are. One of the last things added to the song was the opening lyrics. I was searching for a concrete, visually interesting analogy to the situation the song is about. When I thought of the bird in the silver cage, I knew I'd nailed it. Lyrics Doorway There's a bird in a silver cage His heart is breaking as he sees the open sky The door is open, but he does not leave, 'cause he believes he cannot learn to fly Well I have lived in a cage myself Never questioning the things I was taught It's hard to break out of a trap you're in When you don't even realize you're caught CHORUS: But I think I know where the doorway is There's no one standing in it now And I am learning to see farther over time - Farther than time would allow I used to live working nine-to-five I never did the things I wanted in my heart But making changes seemed so hard to do I couldn't seem to find a place to start CHORUS I used to say "I've got responsibilities" Or "Someone else has got me by the sleeve" But no one else and nothing else can hold you back Except the things you believe It's hard to like yourself when you believe you're trapped A thousand things you'll never be and never do But I was just believing what my fears said And then the things that I believed came true CHORUS © 1981 by Christopher Kent/Dragonheart Music. All rights reserved.

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