Story Behind The Song
Written in Cambodia while on a mission trip to build an orphanage on an island in the Mekong river, No Ladder contrasts the hopeless feeling of the poor in Phnom Phen against the hopefulness of the even poorer Christians living on the rural island.
Song Description
Best described as the Christian Music Industries answer to "Stairway to Heaven". The slow, eerie, eastern sounding beginning captures the hopelessness of trying to get ahead in a third world country while the rocking end captures the hope that third world
| Song Length |
4:35 |
Genre |
Rock - Religious, World - Asian |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Passive, Joyful |
Subject |
Hope, God |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
See the man with the bitter pockets, see the man with the downcast gaze
He won't lift a finger in my direction, he won't even look at my face
There's no, there's no hand here to give me comfort, there's no whisper to ease my mind
I've got everything I could ever hope for, cause there's no ladder for me to climb
Hear the song sung with lilting whisper, hear the song with melodic lure
They think world's are changed staring out the window
Well, my world's lived and it's hard and true, and there's
There's no, there's no hand here to give me comfort, there's no whisper to ease my mind
I've got everything I could ever hope for, cause there's no ladder for me to climb
But there's strength in my situation
My God is my inspiration
And I know, with my eyes on him as my goal
I can only win, oh I know
He knows my heart, He knows my mind, He is the strength that I can find
He built the world, He built my soul, He gave his all, give Him control
He is not weak, He is not frail, He's never wrong, He never fails
He is where all my hope springs from, I look to him, He overcomes
He overcomes, He overcomes
He overcomes, He overcomes