Jacob's ladder      Like the Sermon on the mountain says dumber got dumb   Hellfire and brimstone swapped for oil and guns   When we're pushing up daisies we all look the same   In the name of the Father, maybe, but not in my name      On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down   One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground   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      A million lifetimes left dying in the sun   In the streets down in Whitehall, dogs pickin' at the bones   Nine eleven got branded, nine eleven got sold   And there'll be no one left to water all the seeds you sowed      On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down   One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground   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      On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down   One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground   On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down   One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground   Jacob's ladder   Puppy dog leader sooner or later   We'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder   (Repeats)