Lyrics
[Intro] Gather close Take your place No one speaks No one leaves Count the turns Mark the floor Raise your hands Ask for more One by one One by one One by one One by one One by one One by one One by one One by one [Bridge] Face the center Join the line Give them yours Take what’s mine [Pre-Chorus] Count it down One cut at a time [Chorus] A thousand little endings And none of them are clean You take me piece by piece Until there’s nothing left of me A thousand little endings Still counting what remains You never need the final blow When suffering knows my name [Post-Chorus] Count what remains Then count again [Verse 1] Cut me slowly Make every second sacred Let the circle lean in closer While I learn to take it Make the pain mean something Make the suffering worth it Let them chant until I’m shaking Like I was born to worship [Pre-Chorus] Slow it down One cut at a time [Chorus] A thousand little endings And none of them are clean You take me piece by piece Until there’s nothing left of me A thousand little endings Still counting what remains You never need the final blow When suffering knows my name [Post-Chorus] Count what remains Then count again [Verse 2] Bind me upright For the faithful to witness Let every hand take its measure And call the ceremony finished Strip away what made me human Slow enough to make it holy Let the congregation count it While they take me piece by piece [Bridge] Piece by piece Piece by piece Take what’s left Leave the grief [Breakdown] SLICE ME OPEN CUT BY CUT [Pre-Chorus] Slow down One cut at a time [Final Chorus] A thousand little endings Still carving through the same You take me piece by piece Until I barely know my name A thousand little endings Still counting what survives You never need the final blow When every cut keeps me alive [Outro] Count what remains Then count again