One by one the teardrops fall as I write you One by one my words come falling on the page One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight One by one my schemes are fading fast away One by one the flowers fading in my garden One by one the leaves are falling from the trees One by one my hopes are vanished in the clouds clear One by one like snowflakes melting in the breeze One by one my hair is turning gray One by one my dreams are fading fast away One by one I read your letters over One by one I lay them all away One by one the days are slipping up behind you One by one the sweetest days of life go by One by one the moments stealing out behind you One by one she'll come and find not you or I One by one I hear the soft words that you whispered One by one I feel your kisses soft and sweet One by one I hope you'll say the words to marry One by one to one by one forever be

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...

You wouldn't believe me, the stories I tell you We reach for the stars but it fell downwards It ruined my hairdo but nobody says so 'Cause they don't agree, no, that I'm still around Is anybody out there, or am I all alone? Maybe I'm just dumb but why should I care? There ain't no ending to this world, just your own existence I'm just picking up the pieces, one by one One by one I say I'm sorry, I know it's not fair Look out my window to nowhere We've been out for days and days on end with no discussion We thought about nothing I'm the fisherman's friend Nothing ever gets me down a soul to tear Nothing's gonna kill us 'cause we're already dead Nothing ever gets me down a soul to tear Nothing's gonna kill us 'cause we're already dead, already dead Is anybody out there or am I all alone? Maybe I'm just dumb but why should I care? There ain't no ending to this world, just your own existence I'm just picking up the pieces, one by one One by one One by one I'm just picking up the pieces, one by one I'm just picking up the pieces, one by one