A knock asks who will breathe their last
Four strangers cross the cabin floor
They say one chosen life must pass
Now I hold you tighter than before
Knock—each no costs another life
How much blood before I trust the light?
One shot for her tomorrow
One wound you can’t undo
Even if that light was hollow
I would leave her here with you
White mesh drinks the first man’s blood
The rising ocean fills the screen
The cook falls; fever starts to flood
The nurse comes back; steel ends the scene
Knock—each no costs another life
How much blood before I trust the light?
Four—the blade takes the nurse’s head
Three—the last man cuts his own throat
Two—a plane drops through the black
One—I see the life she’ll have
I see you old; I see her grown
Still laughing in the life we planned
One shot—I fold; you take her home
Tomorrow bleeding through my hands
One shot for her tomorrow
One wound you can’t undo
Now the world escapes its sorrow
And I leave her here with you