[Verse 1]
One in his bed
And one all blown to hell
One on his throne
And one slumped in his cell
One from the smoke
And one cornered by fire
One by his enmity
And one his desire
One from her plight
And one by falling wood
One from a covenant
Come to no good
One from the cigarettes
One by her kind
One by the voices
That cornered her mind

[Chorus]
One
One by one
One by one
One by one

[Verse 2]
One by the God of war
One by decree
One by His mercy
And one by His greed
One in the lion's den
One by a Pope
One by the guillotine
One by the rope
One by the mob
And nineteen in that barn
One from the boredom
And one the alarm
One by black magic
One cannibalised
One by the spiders
And one by the flies

[Chorus]
One
One by one
One by one
One by one

[Verse 3]
One by barbiturate
One by morphine
One by a method
Foreseen in a dream
One in a pyramid
One on a cross
One for his winnings
And one for his loss
One in the night
And one by her own hand
One by the chosen
And one by the damned
One by the venom
And one by the pox
One from the water
And one from the rocks

[Chorus]
One
One by one
One by one
One by one

[Outro]
One by one
One by one
One by one
One by one