One By One

He stands alone outside the blooming yard All is calm there on the street The shadows pass him hung right over The pain on his face he knew he'd keep... His hair is long, and it's twisted, it's twisted Around the smile spread cheek to cheek Another child, another soul, grabs a hold To the metal that will end his misery... One by one We stand beneath the sun With arms high open wide Two by two He's getting you To watch him as he leaves this life he knew How much anger is set aside As each one of us cries Red light they come and they take him away In the thoughts, he'll be better, some day... Tied tight, can't see out your eyes That he's sure to shine, sure to shine In this deep dark, fucked up, played out, reality show So, who's the man, with the plan, Eating up all that he can? Don't you see, don't you see... One by one We stand beneath the sun With arms high open wide Two by two He's getting you To watch him as he leaves this life he knew Do you ever think that things are meant to be? I know we all have our reasons why And now the power of one human being Has gone and changed so many lives... One by one We stand beneath the sun With arms high open wide Two by two He's getting you To watch him as he leaves this life he knew One by one We start to come undone... Two by two He's getting through to you... One by one we stand, we stand, we stand, over, Over, you...