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Up on the Ladder Lyrics — Radiohead | Dork

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Up on the Ladder

From In Rainbows Disk 2

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Up on the Ladder

I'm stuck in the TARDIS Trapped in hyperspace One minute, snake charmin' The next in a motorcade All the right moves in In the right places Watch me dance, I'm a puppet You can almost see the strings (So long, so long) (So long, so long) (So long, so long) (So long) Give me an answer Give me a line I've been climbing up this ladder I've been wasting my time Up on the ladder We are tied to a stake Up on the ladder We wait for your mistake Up on the ladder (so long, so long) Try to call out your name (so long, so long) Up on the ladder (so long, so long) You're all the fucking same (so long)

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"Up on the Ladder" is a song by Radiohead from the album In Rainbows Disk 2.

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