One by one come the stars Blood-red sun, falling heart One by one break our hearts We are one in the growing dark We are but bodies of bone with a hunger And a thirst for more than we are And all of our efforts to call out the morning Only drive us apart And all of our strength is our weakness Here in the land of our scars At the end of our answers a faithfulness enters One by one with the stars So one by one, heal our hearts One by one, slake our thirsts Pounding hearts, fit to burst One by one this kingdom comes upon the earth So call me crazy Yeah, that's what I am And call me foolish To have hope for this land But maybe we're not forgotten As we spin in the darkness of time Oh the stars are a sermon gently assuring us Someone has heard our cry So one by one, every breath Frees us from our regret Heaving lungs and visions set One by one and step by step One by one, come the stars One by one, heal our hearts