The Fall

I found the fall beguiling
My body hanging in the rushing air
But when my daylight had shrunk
I wished to all life that I wasn't there
And speaking in the darkness
I tried to make a joke
And to my shame was answered by
A hundred ragged voices who spoke;

"Get used to it, we did you
You get used to it, we did"

And sure enough my sight returned
So many crowded the walls
Some even getting near the top and
Fighting for a new foothold
There was no way up that I could see
No light and no ladders
But I believed in the dice and snakes
'cause I was at the bottom sadder

You get used to it, they did
You get used to it, they did

Down would come the gentlemen
To do their good each day
And talk to me with softened voices
Protected by their suits of grey
And they would give me presents
If I wanted them or no
So I could make more sense of all
The stupid things that I'd let show

You get used to it, they did
You get used to it, they did