I never thought I'd be this sentimental sap
But no one should have to die alone
No one should ever have to die alone
And you weren't no one.
You were everything and everyone.
And every way it was possible to be, you were
You weren't no one.
You fell to the same fate that other no ones have
But you weren't no one.
And I never wanted you to be a story on the news
I never wanted you to be a wreath on someone's door
Just ribbons on the back of someone's car
Or a bow tie and a tuxedo
In an altar not a coffin
You weren't no one, like all the other no ones
Names I see on memorials, headstones, obituaries
People I don't know and didn't hang my hopes on
But I find myself crying for them
Because they weren't no one,
But they weren't you.