Subject to the Ladder

[Verse 1]
I'm not Pygmalion, hooked by failure
Ruled as a juvenile, aged as an infantile
Subject to the ladder

[Verse 2]
Ruined by affection, excepted by exception
Predicted on a graph, cornered by ritual
Diminished by impression, cried out in the lesson
Subject to the ladder, subject to the ladder

[Chorus]
My thoughts are coming through
Emptiness follows too
A cyclone full of feeling
The silence of the room

[Verse 3]
Defended by defendants, corrected by the pain
Inspected by a sadness, exhausted by a game
Subject to the ladder, subject to the ladder

[Chorus]
My thoughts are coming through
Emptiness follows too
A cyclone full of feeling
The silence of the room

[Verse 4]
A picture turning over, jewel in the water
Where echo saw reflection, not what it taught her
Invaded by the quarrel and I denied the lathe
Let me chop down the laurel, a goal I won't escape

[Verse 5]
I'm bullied by deception but when the whistle came
Esteem had broke infection, my torment fraught with shame
Subject to the ladder, subject to the ladder

[Chorus]
My thoughts are coming through
Emptiness follows too
A cyclone full of feeling
The silence of the room

[Outro]
Subject to the ladder