3.5 Million Ways to an Island

[Intro] One Two Three Keep counting till we’re all set free [Verse 1] I’m countin up Through ashes and rust From one to a thousand With splinters of trust Ten thousand, I’m passive But panic creeps in Hundred thousand, I’m askin “Who cashes this sin?” I’m penciling promises Columns of names Every new number just Adding the same I hit a million But my hands still shake All of these figures And nothing will break [Chorus] Guillotine dreams swing over my head Gallows pole shadows dance with the dead Blindfolds tight on a choir of liars We all count together while they play with fire Guillotine, guillotine, how many will it take? At the gallows pole, what number will it break? Blindfolds on, but we still feel the wire Three million ways to fall into the fire [Verse 2] I pass one million Like a street with no end Two million, I’m missin The faces of friends They’re digits, just digits On digital stone Three million whispers Say “you’re not alone” Every notch on the ledger Is heavy as steel Every silent statistic Refuses to heal I’m stuck in this spiral Of ink and despair Counting the people They said weren’t there [Chorus] Guillotine dreams swing over my head Gallows pole shadows dance with the dead Blindfolds tight on a choir of liars We all count together while they play with fire Guillotine, guillotine, how many will it take? At the gallows pole, what number will it break? Blindfolds on, but we still feel the wire Three million ways to fall into the fire [Bridge] One more number (one more name) One more body (one more flame) If we count them (do they live?) If we forget them (we forgive?) [Chorus] Guillotine dreams swing over my head Gallows pole shadows dance with the dead Blindfolds tight on a choir of liars We all count together while they play with fire Guillotine, guillotine, how many will it take? At the gallows pole, what number will it break? Blindfolds on, but we still feel the wire Three million ways to fall into the fire