[Verse 1]
Far across the water
Out of sight of land
Clinging to my last hope
With her rock in my left hand
Let it come without a warning
Let it run without a plan
Out among the breakers
In the sediment and sand

[Chorus]
Lead me to the ladder
To anywhere instead
Out across the water
Of the river of the dead
Lead me to the ladder
Of black amethyst and lead
Out across the water
In the valley of the dead

[Post-Chorus]
Lead me to the laddеr
Lead me to the laddеr
Lead me to the ladder
Lead me to the ladder
[Verse 2]
Woven through this abiding pain
A single thread shines bright again
Thunder raging high on the hill
Darkness moving for the kill

[Chorus]
Lead me to the ladder
To anywhere instead
Out across the water
Of the river of the dead
Lead me to the ladder
Of black amethyst and lead
Out across the water
In the valley of the dead

[Post-Chorus]
I'll meet you at the ladder
I'll meet you at the ladder
I'll meet you at the ladder
I'll meet you at the ladder