In a village in the hills

House buried to the window sills in snow

In a prison yard at night

An Alsatian barking for the stars to go

In the attic of a house

In the slats of light which kreep across the room

In a forest grove at dawn

Where the animals sleep hidden in the gloom

On the 97th floor overlooking Tokyo

In Camden road in a second floor flat with Dilworth down below

There is only one thing

There is only one thing

In a cancer ward where the patients sit

Waiting patiently to die

In an airplane high above

The place you finally left behind

In a cage where only one thing could be free

And it's not you and I

In every single place that has ever ever been

Hiroshima Los Angeles and each town in between

There is only one thing

There is only one thing

There is only one THING

In the darkest part of you that you have ever seen

In the smile of the child staring at the TV screen

In the diary of a priest

In the sheets that lie upon his bed

Out there amongst the waves

And inside your lover's head

There is only one thing

There is only one thing

There is only one thing

There is only one THING...

(and then we die)