Our eyes up high on a pillar made of stone

I've never been lower since the day that I left home

I think I'm so afraid of everyone I know

Don't even notice the bear that's down below

I'll make a pretty house and live on this plateau

I'll stand here all alone and look down at the crows

Flowers in the garden, pick them one by one

Ashes to ashes when all is said and done

I'll climb the devil's tower

I'll pay him with my soul

If I try, try to go back

The bear will eat me whole, the bear will eat me whole

I'll climb the devil's tower

I'll pay him with my soul

If I try, try to go back

The bear will eat me whole, the bear will eat me whole

Maybe I'm the villain 'cause the bear just needs a meal

I'll put my fingers in his jaws and hope the wound will heal

I'll throw on down a ladder, let him climb right up the ledge

The king up on the catwalk, standing on the edge

If I close my eyes, I hear the rubble roll

Maybe I'd be better off in a deep, dark hole

Give the bear the mountain and hand over my home

Tuck him softly in my bed and turn the porch light on

I'll climb the devil's tower

I'll pay him with my soul

If I try, try to go back

The bear will eat me whole, the bear will eat me whole

And I'll climb the devil's tower

I'll pay him with my soul

If I try, try to go back

The bear will eat me whole, the bear will eat me whole