Three Mile Pilot - One Step Ladder lyrics

One for the joker One for me One for the road Twenty for his soul But I don't want to know This is me - I might fail I can hardly steer let alone put on the brakes So I just keep clear of stations Legs don't fail me now I don't want to know This is me cornered tight in compact steel Under cemented wire mesh Wrapped over in this stone cold flesh Suddenly it's my finger moving watch closely This is my strength being eaten This is me bone dry torn from surviving flesh If this is my last breath I don't want to know I might fail I've got the hands that can reach your neck If they feel the need But I don't want to know This is me under here bent back broke in half A sinking anchor screaming in anger Suddenly it's my finger moving This is more than structure it walks under your heel A corner to fit in a house to die in These are last chances and I might fail In the land where the leg thought before the head They were just moving for food and shelter It just took a hundred steps for every one Can hardly blame them One down and a hundred to go I swear this isn't me I caught myself again the One step ladder tries to f** me over again Takes it all at once One for the joker One for his thieves One for the road Twenty for his skin But I don't want to know this is me I might fail I can hardly chew my food let alone pay the rent So I just keep clear of stations Legs don't fail me now