I dropped the rope To prove I didn’t need it Dug my own hole And called it freedom The walls got slick The light got thin I cursed the dirt Then climbed again One voice laughs One voice counts One says stay down One says get out Hand over hand Stone by stone I don’t need wings I need footholds Let the pit talk Let it tell me I’m through I don’t argue with the dark I make the next move I carved my name In the side of the fall Like that would break The curse of the wall But names don’t lift And pride don’t hold So I bit my tongue And reached for stone One voice laughs One voice counts One says stay down One says get out Hand over hand Stone by stone I don’t need wings I need footholds Let the pit talk Let it tell me I’m through I don’t argue with the dark I make the next move Devil says, “Look At the mess you made” Angel says nothing Just points up the face No holy fire No rescue line Just bloody fingers And one more try Hand over hand Stone by stone I don’t need mercy I need footholds Let the pit talk Let it tell me I’m through Reality moves When I make the next move Hand over hand Stone by stone No way out But my own
