Jacob's Ladder

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

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's in a drawer kept closed

Nobody wonders because nobody knows

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

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

Sooner or later

We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver

Sooner or later

We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver

Sooner or later

Jacob's ladder