Pocket Ladder

by @johnnycashpoint · @andybalham · @baghdad

Pocket Ladder
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#punk #youtube #dub #electrodub #ifthat'sathing

j$ - vocals, casio VL Tone 1 Andy Balham - bass, drum machine programming

Another Home Studios demo (as the original rehearsal room version was too ferociously bassy). I acutally have dropped the reheasal room version into this track really quietly just to give it some edge).

This is an odd one lyrically. While watching the video of our July Sprint song "the Travelator" I turned on the youtube Closed Captions, and then wrote down what it thought I was singing - here you go (had to shunt it around a little bit to make it work rhythmically). I'm slightly worried about a Copyright Strike!

It all seemed slightly 'seunsual' to me, so ran with that idea. Oh "Fire" is a gay club in Vauxhall, London that may not exist any more but is/was famous for its on-site naughtiness. I went once and was terrified queueing for the loos.

EDIT 09/09/2026 - Took out the over-bassy rehearsal rooms demo background and at the same time made a slight change to the chorus melody. Not better but cleaner.

Lyrics

Oh my God i’m falling Grabbing for my pocket ladder Oh thank God, I'm slowing down Five seconds from the end

I can make you feel alive - Rising up from out of the ashes Passing on from the trouble line, I can get you to the other side

Back of the queue at Fire Hold on to my pocket ladder For dumb luck, you monster truck, I bet I could make you taller

I can make you feel alive - Rising up from out of the ashes Passing on from the trouble line, I can get you to the other side

I bet you always make it always make it to the end

Comments

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Hey I remember that one. I like the lo-fi vibe on this one very casiocore of course, the arrangement here fits the kind of nonsensical lyrics.

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