Numbers

One by one I count the days Making sense and parting ways Always there is one who pays And pays Two by two they left the town Buildings are all falling down Days they are just rolling 'round And 'round Three by three they march along Happy to be singing songs Seems so right and it's so wrong So wrong Four by four just tempting fate Knowing that we left too late Now it's time to shut the gate The gate Numbers rolling round my head Lives and people sadly dead There is so much left unsaid All the books I might have read Dreams and stories left to die Hopes that didn't get to fly Al the soldiers wonder why So do I So do I So do I One by one And two by two Three and four there's nothing new There is nothing we can do