Jacob's Ladder Songtext / Lyric

Like rusty old nails

At the bottom of the sea

Telling no tales

For the good of the Admiralty

You jump when you're told to

Through the open door

And the King of Norway

He's the man you all died for



On this Jacob's Ladder

The only way up is down

Three days in the water

Watching all the secrets drown

Jacob's Ladder



And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain






A thousand lifetimes

Left standing at the docks

In the bar down in Whitehall

They're sure the boat won't rock

In a file marked secret

In a drawer kept closed

Nobody wonders

Because nobody knows



About this Jacob's Ladder

The only way up is down

Three days in the water

Watching all the secrets drown

Jacob's Ladder



And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain



On this Jacob's Ladder

The only way up is down

Three days in the water

Watching all the secrets drown

On this Jacob's Ladder

The only way up is down

Three days in the water

Watching all the secrets drown

Jacob's Ladder



O Bulldog Leader, sooner or later

We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver (Jacob's Ladder)

O Bulldog Leader, sooner or later

We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver (Jacob's Ladder)

O Bulldog Leader, sooner or later

(Jacob's Ladder)