the mountain is steep the ditches are deep the task in hand is making us weep but here s a promise seed it in your mind and say it each night before you sleep we will climb higher in time you ve got a head full of trouble and a ship to build and we will climb higher in time i ve been to the bottom i ve been on the train i ve slept in the gutter with my head in a drain i ve been brutally proud i ve been mortally shamed but this is not a crime i m just learning my friends that it s all in the game and we will climb higher in time climb higher in time climb higher in time