Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Selecter
Canonical path: /the-selecter/ladders
Related lyric paths: 6
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Ladders
Read Ladders lyrics by The Selecter on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Ladders
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When I wake up in the night
I can't open my eyes
I reach down to the floor
I laugh until I cry
It's just the way it is
I start to realise
Why can't I be sure of things
I feel inside
Beware of tigers and bad dogs
Making monkeys of you
I'm walking barefoot on cut glass
Now that all my ladders have gone
I don't really have the heart
To run a million miles
To where my ladders start
Everyone hurts sometimes
Beware of tigers and bad dogs
Making monkeys of you
Beware of tigers and bad dogs
Making monkeys of you
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The Selecter performs "Ladders", and this lyric page sits inside the The Selecter catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (Who Likes) Facing Situations and A Monkey's Uncle with a short reason for opening each page next.
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