Up from the Ether

Forty winks in a crawl space
Wrapped up tight
Under the ether, out like a light
Sleeping was my best defense
Through every hard experience

But I'm working my way up
From the ether
It's too cold, too dark, too damp
In this house of fear
I want to wake to the joys and aches
Of the real world
And stick around long enough
To see what's happening here
Yeah, oh...

One rung up, six rungs down
This shaky old ladder
Keeps sliding around
And the going gets slow
And I check out fast
Trying to track a pain killer that will last

Baby, I'm working my way up
From the ether
It's too cold, too dark, too damp
In this house of fear
I want to wake to the joys and aches
Of the real world
And stick around long enough
To see what's happening here
Oh, yeah

Strong medicine
In the love of a good man
Strong medicine in a family
Strong medicine
In the eyes of a close friend
And the one truth
That could finally make me free

Oh, I'm working my way up
From the ether
It's too cold, too dark, too damp
In this house of fear
I want to wake to the joys and aches
Of the real world
And stick around long enough
To see what's happening here

Oh, I'm working my way up
From the ether
Oh, it's too cold, too dark, too damp
In this house of fear
I want to wake to the joys and aches
Of the real world
And stick around long enough
To see what's happening here

Working my way up
Working my way up
I've been working from the ether

I'm working
I said, working
I said, work, work, work
Work, work, work
Work, working, yeah