Dalam mahakarya musik rock and roll, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" yang ikonik, Eric Clapton menggambarkan perjuangan yang mendalam dengan keputusasaan dan penyesalan. Lagu ini, yang awalnya dirilis pada tahun 1975, telah menjadi himne abadi tentang pencarian penebusan dan harapan di tengah kegelapan. Liriknya yang menyayat hati mengungkapkan kerinduan mendalam akan pembebasan dari beban dunia yang membebani, ketika sang penyanyi memohon belas kasihan kepada sosok ibu.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door Lyrics
Eric Clapton
Ma, take this badge off of me.
I can't use it any more.
It's getting dark, too dark to see.
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
[Chorus:]
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Ma, take these guns away from me.
I can't shoot them any more.
There's a long black cloud following me.
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
[Chorus]
[Repeat First Verse]
[Chorus]
I can't use it any more.
It's getting dark, too dark to see.
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
[Chorus:]
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Ma, take these guns away from me.
I can't shoot them any more.
There's a long black cloud following me.
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
[Chorus]
[Repeat First Verse]
[Chorus]