Curled up on the big comfy chair in my office, stuck in this song for hours. Feeling way too much. Sometimes that is the closest we will ever get ... to the things we cannot touch.
She sensed my connection to music. Said I used it to connect, to the things we cannot see. Begged me to stop it.
Right now, you are here. Put down the ladders, and bow your head in prayer.
And I do, but sometimes it just comes on. I let it play only once, and will myself to be strong. I must feel what is in front of me. Right now, right here.
...And I put down my ladders, and bow my head in prayer.
The Ladder Song (Bright Eyes)
No one knows where the ladder goes
You're gonna lose what you love the most
You're not alone in anything
You're not unique in dying
I feel a strange day every now and then
Fall asleep reading science fiction
I wanna fly in your silver ship
Let Jesus hang and Buddha sit
It's on now
The days are long now
The ups and the sun downs
And a twisting mind
If I gotta go first
I'll do it on my terms
I'm tired of traitors
Always changing sides
They were friends of mine
Don't hang around once the promise breaks
Or you'll be there when the next one's made
Kiss the feet of a charlatan
Some imagined freedom
All the rest is predictable
You can say you're the first to know
Bought a mantra to concentrate
Car alarm or hissing snake
I know now
How it's gonna turn out
You've got…
