One By One

Shall we sit down together for a while

Here on the hillside?

Where we can look down on the city in the sunset

So old, so sick with memories

Old woman, some they say are damned

But you I know

Will walk the streets of paradise

The old woman said no

One by one - see the mighty all have fallen

One by one - the townspeople hide and cry

One by one - bodies laid under tarpaulin, there were many more to die

One by one - seeking refuge in the basement

One by one - helping no-one, except yourself

One by one - stranded children seek replacement, cyanide escapes upon the shelp

Panic, panic, respected citizens are on the run

Panic, panic, all the kings and queens are dying one by one

One by one - metropolises painted still

One by one - standards slump where chaos reigns

One by one - seeking hamlyn’s sacred hill, frozen snakes in traffic lanes

One by one - believers climb the only towers

One by one - bibles clutched in bloodied hands

One by one - authorities clear the grounds of flowers, to bury friends of uncle sam

Panic, panic, respected citizens are on the run

Panic, panic, all the kings and queens are dying one by one

Panic, panic, masses try to find a chosen one

Panic, panic, false prophets profit always one by one

The old woman said no

The old woman said no

The old woman said no

The old woman said no

She said no

She said no

She said no