I've been vindicated
I've been loved and hated
I've been pulled aside and told that life was overrated

No, I don't believe it
I just can't conceive it
I can write all night but in the morning I can't read it

Oh no, don't know what's the matter
Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down

If I don't get what I want
And there ain't enough to go around
I become oblivious to the obvious
Just ridiculous

As I flip the pages
You're a time that's ageless
In between us lies the calm before a storm that rages

Thought we were related
Couldn't be separated
Tried to get ahead but only got decapitated

If I don't get what you want (Don't know what's the matter, trying to hang around)
And you don't get what I need (Looking for a ladder, scared of coming down)
We will become oblivious to the obvious
Just dysfunctional

Shut down, shut down, shut down

When I can't get keep from getting down (Looking for a ladder, scared of coming down)
And I grow tired of hanging 'round (Don't know what's the matter, trying to hang around)
I become invisible, unlivable
Just dysfunctional

Shut down, shut down, shut down