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The Ladder

from Skeletons by Austin Taft

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lyrics

Never mind me while I steal your shit
While I stab your back
And I smile wide
Never mind me while I cut your throat
And I take your pride for my trophy case

Enslaved, ungrateful, and happy as can be
I'm climbing up the ladder, and you can't stop me

Money in my fucking hand
Power in my fucking head

Excess is my god
And damaged is my self-respect
I'm working just to fill a hole that only I have left
My ego is my joy
And perfect is my dialect
To speak the corporate language that these pricks all want to hear

Money in my fucking hand
Power in my fucking head

Betraying a trust for a tiny reward
The carrot is dangling in front of my face
I will sell you out to any bidder that gives me a taste
Operating under the guise of a friend
A two-faced fuck is what I am
This chosen duplicity is justified just to go up a rung

I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder, and I'm happy as can be
I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder, and you can't stop me

I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder, and I'm happy as can be
I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder
I'm climbing up the ladder, and you can't stop me

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from Skeletons, released October 30, 2020

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Austin Taft Colorado Springs, Colorado

Drummer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist focused on making unique and intriguing music – whatever that should entail. The new album, “Skeletons”, has been self-described as “Prog-Metal-That-Sometimes-Isn't”. The album before that was acoustic-focused.
So...you never know what you're going to get (hopefully).
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