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