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Break Down The Door
by Down West

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This is how revolutions start.

Break Down The Door is the first single from our new album coming in October.

Lyrics

It’s not the way that you want it to be
You can’t make them listen to philosophy
Living for something that you’ll never see
Wondering what people expect you to be

When it comes down to fighting or love
When you’re hungry for something so high up above
Taking things but you’re crying for more
Broke again so you break down the door

Pick out some shoes, a new pair of jeans
Pick up the pieces of your broken dreams
Run home from work and you run to the store
Get what you can when you can’t afford more

When your baby is crying all day
When your daddy is calling from so far away
Wondering what all the living is for
Broke again so you break down the door
Break down the door

Keep off the sidewalk and keep off my yard
Keep to yourself and you keep working hard
Somebody picks up and tears down the rules
You can’t believe what they taught you in school

That you know how to fight to survive
That you got to feel angry to just feel alive
Running wild and you don’t know what for
Broke again so you break down the door
Broke again so you break down the door
Oh-oh-oh
Break down the door
Oh-oh-oh-oh

“Celebrating a decade together in 2025, the Southern California trio Down West has journeyed from an acoustic duo to a fully realised alt-rock powerhouse. Their new album, Cold Sun, released in September 2025, is a testament to this evolution, offering a collection of song-focused rock that feels both nostalgic and fresh.” - Alex Cooper

— Happy Mag

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