The Ladder

Climb and climb, climb so high

This ladder you thought went to great heights

You finally get to the top and look around to see

There's nowhere to be

This ladder of dreams, leads to no thing

They scream at you work, work, work

And high, perched precariously up in the sky

You see no prize, to be caught

So they kick you off, tell you to spread your wings

And hope to God that you learned how to fly

This ladder of hope, this ladder of dreams

This ladder of "work hard and you'll get everything"

As you plummet down, impending the crash

You see everything you earned flying past

The checklists and milestones

Look so far away now

Like a twinkling star tumbling down

To your left another ladder, patronizing and cruel

To your right a trail of weeds

Untouched, unbothered, kind of looks like where you want to be

So we go right through the thickets and thorns

Because that paradise we know that's waiting on the other side

That ladder you love that gets you so high

Even from the top

You can't see the other side