when i m caught in a net and i haven t a clue all i ve got to do is climb the ladder to you climb the ladder when there s ghosts in my coat and everything is askew all i ve got to do is climb the ladder to you climb the ladder climb the ladder climb the ladder oh to you all of these faces are crowding around me mouths open wide to devour but they have no impact no i do not cower knowing i m safe in your tower when my pencil tip s broken and my brain is too all i ve got to do is climb the ladder to you climb the ladder when i feel like an oar in a sunken canoe all i ve got to do is climb the ladder to you climb the ladder climb the ladder climb the ladder oh to you  all of these faces are crowding around me like grey paint caked on a flower but they have no impact no value no power knowing i m safe in your tower climb the ladder climb the ladder climb the ladder 