When the rain came, I was sleeping
When the phone rang, I answered
"I am an only child. We are an only child"
Took a long walk by the river
With my lover in the morning
Then the sun spoke like a stranger
"We are an only child. We are an only child"
We are an only child
Only child
Only child
Only child
Worked a small town with my brother
Tossing water like it's nothing
We share a mother--tied to each other
But I am another--he is another--child
There's a tree in the forest
Growing leaves in the winter
Oh, what a miracle!
Oh, what a steady hand!
Oh, what a commonplace
In this foreign land!
Oh, what a genocide!
Oh, what a tangled lie!
Oh, what a solitary life!
I want to live like there's no tomorrow!
(But tomorrow comes anyway)
I want to fill up my heart with sorrow!
(But I am an only child)
Only child