Snakes & Ladders Songtext
von Imminence

In this race there′s no keeping pace
Barefoot under naked skies
Masks unveil and so does clouds
Remark, sun stands high
The price of pursuit will cost your feet

Close enough isn't closing in
Close enough isn′t closing in
Close enough isn't closing in
You won't ever climb high enough
Close enough isn′t closing in
You won′t ever run fast enough

Point a finger down righteousness' path
They will follow you and lift you up
You shall never walk again

Exposure lies in the eye of the beholder
Exposure lies in the eye of the beholder
We see what we′re presented with
But are you willing to look a little further?

Close enough isn't closing in


Close enough isn′t closing in
Close enough isn't closing in
Close enough isn′t closing in
You won't ever climb high enough
Close enough isn't closing in
You won′t ever run fast enough

Close enough isn′t closing in
You won't ever climb high enough
Close enough isn′t closing in
You won't ever run fast enough

Close enough isn′t closing in
We're closing in
We′re climbing higher and higher
Close enough isn't closing in
We're closing in
We′re running faster and faster
Close enough isn′t closing in
We're closing in
We′re climbing higher and higher
Close enough isn't closing in
We′re closing in
We're running faster and faster


Confine these treacherous undoings
We choose what we′re given
And I live, so I'll live in these brief unmeasurable intervals called moments
But the only thing I get to keep are the sticks and stones
Just like memories, these will break and crumble in to scraps and splinters
In the palms of my hands

When the hourglass has been crushed
I am just a man pouring my own sand in the pools I created
So I look up, staring wide then sealing my eyelids tight
Crossing fingers over hands
Hearing myself screaming to this man on the moon
It's too loud, can he even hear my cries?
I dream of spinning wheels marking the late canopies
When they should drive me home

Don′t fly away again, little mocking bird, you should sing for me
It′s been so long since I heard the melody of a thousand running springs
And now the reminiscence just reminds me of myself
Why would I need to tell myself
About how I never learned to fly with my own arms
And how can anyone in cloud state even listen if I couldn't

My feet are soar from all this dancing with an axe in my arm
It never tasted wood and I can never really build a ladder tall enough
I can climb these walls around me and I can outrun my past
But only for so long, until there are no winds
To catch the sails that I′ve sown
And my lungs have dried out from all the anger I've burnt

I′ll be staring wide at the velvet canopy
Then closing my eyes, crossing fingers over hands
Hearing myself whispering words of hope and humility
To a wind that I believe will carry my prayers to one who listens