[Verse 1]

Down to ground zero

With a rust-colored rose

Tryin' hard to close

That door

What have I opened?

What have I done

That I'm not the one

It's for?

[Verse 2]

Down to ground zero

Reduced to a number

That is not a number

Any more

All talk of heroes

Palls in the rubble

Falls into trouble

At the core

[Chorus]

Some choose death

And some choose life

And some have no choice at all

For some the indifference

Of a conscious decision

Is simply too close to call

[Verse 3]

Simple mathematics

How many floors

How much time

Flies

Some people count

Some count too much

Uncounted as such

A lie

[Chorus]

Some choose death

And some choose life

And some have no choice at all

For some the indifference

Of a conscious decision

Is simply too close to call

[Outro]

Down at ground zero

A simple blade lies

With a color that dries

A rust-colored rose