In a land of a billion what's a few hundred million?
 Empty buildings, cement on the ceilings
 Cut the lifeline and left a population reeling
 Breaking off the future without thinking of the children
 I heard a girl cry, saw a boy laugh
 Saw the future turn white in a camera flash
 As the camera snaps, it all blows past
 No more light now, it's growin all black
 See the future but can't make it change
 So I say my prayers for those who aren't of age
 As behind closed eyes I see the unmarked graves
 And I, try to smile, but my expression's - changed
 What will they do with the playgrounds
 When the ones who used to play there don't come round
 And there's no one to replace them
 A generation crying out because we couldn't save them
 Who will wash them, who will bathe them?
 Commemorate them in their last days?
 And in a mother's eyes, and a father's face
 I glimpse a painting that was left untraced
 What about your deepest feelings?
 What about your broken heart?
 What about someone who's there
 When everything else falls apart?
 A true brother, a true sister
 Is there with a helping hand
 When you cry, you'll find my shoulder
 When you need me, I'll be there
 One child, one child
 One child might be a king
 One child, one child
 She could be everything
 Top university with big dreams
 The best school in the country was in Beijing
 She was smart with a bright future - He had a smile like hers
 and caring eyes, that looked right through her
 Cold winter, but he made her warm
 So when he asked her out she texted right back - sure
 Her roommates all teased her
 When his picture showed up on her phone screensaver
 Same classes, the same major
 Together all day from 6 AM until he made her
 Go home to sleep, and in her dreams
 She didn't count sheep, she saw him as her savior
 Their first kiss in a corner of the campus
 His lips were untrained but she taught him manners
 At three months, they had a special date
 Rented a hotel room with the money he had saved her
 At four months, it turns out she's late
 They both knew that the moment had sealed their fate
 A pregnant woman can't run the rat race
 It was done in three hours on a Saturday, ay
 What about your deepest feelings?
 What about your broken heart?
 What about someone who's there
 When everything else falls apart?
 A true brother, a true sister
 Is there with a helping hand
 When you cry, you'll find my shoulder
 When you need me, I'll be there
 One child, one child
 One child might be a king
 One child, one child
 She could be everything
 Married in the fall; pregnant by the spring
 Their future was as bright as the diamond on her ring
 By the summer it was clear that the winter would bring
 Another life into their family, that's what they had dreamed
 The new year brought a new life into the world
 A new generation, a little baby girl
 Finally, they felt so complete
 Named her faith: their future, made concrete
 Mom went back to work, dad taught his class
 Grandma watched the child while grandpa took a nap
 But in their hearts, they felt a hole
 Next to little baby faith where another should go
 But the law said one child is all they need
 More than that is unpatriotic indeed
 Another child means paying steep taxes and fees
 And they were told: it's just one more mouth to feed
 So when her belly gets large again
 The moment should be joyful but it's hard on them
 In their own family, they don't have a voice
 Because the law says the country doesn't have a choice
 What about your deepest feelings?
 What about your broken heart?
 What about someone who's there
 When everything else falls apart?
 A true brother, a true sister
 Is there with a helping hand
 When you cry, you'll find my shoulder
 When you need me, I'll be there
 One child, one child
 One child might be a king
 One child, one child
 She could be everything...