[Verse 1] There's a child asleep tonight Beneath a sky like yours Her mother hung a net above her bed Against the dark beyond her door A dollar hung that net for her — That's what the dark costs here The bed across the wall is bare The dark costs there the same [Pre-Chorus 1] I can love the ones I love And let my help run wide I can keep my own held close And reach the world outside [Chorus] Every one a name Every one a face Every one a tragedy Every one a grave We can't hold them all at once But the numbers count And every one a name [Verse 2] There's a city in tomorrow Where the lights stay on at night Where the fever breaks by morning — If it's built. It might. There's a girl in that tomorrow Whose fever never caught, And she's there because a stranger Paid a dollar, and forgot [Pre-Chorus 2] I can set a portion by And keep my hand from closing I can give a measured share And know it's still not close [Chorus] Every one a name Every one a face Every one a tragedy Every one a grave We can't hold them all at once But the numbers count And every one a name [Bridge] "A single death's a tragedy, A million is a stat." We say it for a reason — The heart won't stretch to that. I have looked, and looked away. I've closed the page, the door. The million is too much to hold — But knowing is the floor. Pick any one — that one is real. She has a fever and a name. Add zeroes till the page runs out: Her one still weighs the same. I will never hold her hand. There is a net instead. It holds the dark I'll never know Above a stranger's bed. So I will count the ones I reach — And one, and one, and one. The count is just the ones. [Chorus] Every one a name Every one a face Every one a tragedy Every one a grace I can't hold them all at once But the numbers count And I can count And can you count Every one a name?
