We are a wave endlessly breaking We are the ever seeing eye We've never left the place we're searching for Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die We raise our sails inside a bottle We hang the moon and pain the sky There's never a seat left in the life boat Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die And if you could bury me naked And if you could bury me deep Believe that from the darkness something will emerge We are forever on the verge of some hard truth We are a needle in the haystack We swallow swords and we fight wild fires There's always a snake inside the garden Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die Don't bring no ladder when you die