It's no good for you baby It's no good for you now Keep looking up for the ladder.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker warns against false hope and urges looking beyond current struggles.
- In plain terms
- Do not keep hoping on a ladder that does not help you.
- What can you take from it?
- False hope can be harmful.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What hopes keep you stuck?
- When is hope harmful?
Another view
The warning might dismiss legitimate aspirations.
More from Kate Bush
I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven but It looks like Hell down there. These streets have never been paved with gold.
Permalink to quote #217 I don't mind if it's dangerous I don't mind if it's raining Take me up to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders.
Permalink to quote #219 Feel your hair come tumbling down Feel your feet start kissing the ground Feel your arms are opening out And see your eyes are lifted to God With no words, wit…
Permalink to quote #216
Related quotes
Nor is it any longer possible for you to give up this empire ... Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerou…
PericlesPericles quote #1 A human exposed without protection to the conditions required to support Affronter life would be dying in at least three excitingly different and painful ways …
Iain BanksIain Banks quote #2 What! Would you slap the Porcupine? Unhappy child - desist! Alas! That any friend of mine Should turn Tupto-philist.
Hilaire BellocHilaire Belloc quote #2