[Verse 1]
When I'm caught in a net and I haven't a clue
All I've got to do is climb the ladder to you

[Hook]
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)

[Verse 2]
When there's ghosts in my coat and everything is askew
All I've got to do is climb the ladder to you

[Hook]
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)
Climb the ladder, oh, to you

[Chorus]
All of these faces are crowding around me
Mouths open wide to devour
But they have no impact, no, I do not cower
Knowing I'm safe in your tower

[Verse 3]
When my pencil tip's broken and my brain is too
All I've got to do is climb the ladder to you
[Hook]
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)

[Verse 4]
When I feel like an oar in a sunken canoe
All I've got to do is climb the ladder to you

[Hook]
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)
Climb the ladder, oh, to you

[Chorus]
All of these faces are crowding around me
Like grey paint caked on a flower
But they have no impact, no value, no power
Knowing I'm safe in your tower

[Hook]
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)
Climb the ladder (just climb the ladder)