Bright Eyes - Ladder Song

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.

Feel estranged 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 gotta calm down, or I’ll loose my place.

Gotta get to the center, gotta get to the concert, run off with a dancer, gonna celebrate.

We’ll welcome the new age, covered in warrior paint, lights from the jungle to the sky

See now a star is born, looks just like a blood orange

Don’t it just make you wanna cry?

Precious friend of mine

Well I know when it’s finally done,

this whole life’s a hallucination.

You’re not alone in anything,

you’re not alone in trying to be.