Lyrics

I built me a ladder in my backyard
Found a hole in the sky, that wasn't too hard
Propped up my ladder put my head through the hole
Looking for the reason for the nails in my soul

It all looked good from where I sat
I saw an old man with a big beard and a cowboy hat
Writing down the songs in a book of gold
Maybe that's the reason for the nails in my soul

Don't listen to him he's lost his way
He's got all the numbers but he can't find the code
He couldn't save himself, so he can't save me
He's just another pilgrim on the road

Climbed back down put my feet on the ground
I’d seen the machine that makes the world go round
I had a hand full of nothing that was too much to hold
But I didn’t have the reason for the nails in my soul