I saw a rose-colored ladder
It was scarlet, dipped in blood
How I wanted to run away but I was halfway up
By no fault of my own
I was halfway home
Given a chance to partake in a climb
To the sky
So I keep climbing up
Longing for Your love
But all the things I want
Seem to hold me up
So I keep climbing up
Longing for Your love
And all the things I see
Keep on distracting me
Then I start sliding down
Heading for the ground
Then by no strength of my own
I was halfway home
One by one
Rung by rung I fell out of place
Luckily for me
I could not fall that far from grace
I saw a rose-colored ladder
That's easier to climb if you're blind
But I could see the things that I've done
And I knew I had to try
How far does it go?
That I do not know
But I've been given a chance to partake
In the forging of a throne
So I keep climbing up
Longing for Your love
But all the things I want
Seem to hold me up
So I keep climbing up
Longing for Your love
And all the things I see
Keep on distracting me
Then I start sliding down
Heading for the ground
Then by no strength of my own
I was halfway...
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