One Cannot Simply Count

A thousand times
A thousand years
A million crimes
A million fears
A hundred rhymes
Bring a hundred tears
But one cannot simply count

The days of sorrow
The days of weeping
The days of tomorrow
Slowly seeping
Through the crack in the door
While we're all sleeping
One cannot simply count

The truth behind bars
Is a defiled soul
To travel so far
Was originally my goal
But my heart is like tar
As black as coal
One cannot simply count