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Artist: Mark Lanegan
Canonical path: /mark-lanegan/burning-jacob-s-ladder
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Burning Jacob's Ladder
Read Burning Jacob's Ladder lyrics by Mark Lanegan on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Burning Jacob's Ladder
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Dreams stripped down beyond firelight
I would go over but my only coat's off-white
And seein' things unreal
God knows what that stain
And what comes crawling back again
Tears a harbor
Down to the thorny altar
I'm afraid I might fade away
It's still of blood we sing and burn
A thousand blackbirds on a string return
There's a solitary sun to lie
Gone without the chosen one, goodbye
Ashes scatter
Burning Jacob's ladder
I'm afraid I might fade away
Rage untethered
A soulless stormy desert I'm
I'm afraid I might fade away
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Mark Lanegan performs "Burning Jacob's Ladder", and this lyric page sits inside the Mark Lanegan catalog on LyroVerse.
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