Heaven's Ladder (sheet music version)
By: Beck Hansen
Written by: Beck Hansen

Version Of: Heaven's Ladder

This Version:
  • Heaven's Ladder (sheet music version)
    Available on Song Reader.
 
Lyrics:
Look up heaven's ladder, see the angels climb down
With their eyes all full of stars and their heads in the clouds
Oblivious to danger
With the failure to keep both feet on the ground

And when the sun sets on you, then you go
When you're shackled to the shadow and we're ghosts
You could learn to leave the long lost days alone
Down below, down below where there's nowhere else to go
Just as far as nowhere, then you're on your own

Anyone who's learned their lesson and burned their hands
They'll steal someone else's answers if they can
'Cause cheating is better than guessing
When the answer is that there's none to be had

And when the sun sets on you, then you go
When you're shackled to the shadow and we're ghosts
You could learn to leave the long last days alone
Down below, down below where there's nowhere else to go
Just as far as nowhere, then you're on your own

Now that you know how high the hook and ladder goes
From the highest rung down to the lowest low

And when the sun sets on you, then you go
When you're shackled to the shadow and we're ghosts
You could learn to leave the long last days alone
Down below, down below where there's nowhere else to go
Just as far as nowhere, then you're on your own
 
The Song:

Beck's own recording of his Song Reader track, "Heaven's Ladder." While he has played a bunch of the songs live, this is the first (and only so far) that he has recorded properly.

 
Live:

Played live 2 times:
Earliest known live version: July 22, 2014
Latest known live version: July 28, 2014