like a sermon on the mountain   says the 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      a million lifetimes   left dying in the sun   in the streets down in Whitehall   dogs picking at the bones   nine eleven got branded   nine eleven got sold   there will be no one left to water   all the seeds you've sown      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