Silverstein - A Midwestern State Of Emergency Lyrics
I am a dead man, I'm crawling into a trapA horizontal responseI'm laying down for you once againYou've taken what's grantedI've said goodbye to my friendsI throw myself headfirst into thisClose the curtain and strand meFound myself lost againWith even more excuses and even less concernBound and gagged but I enjoy itYou seduce your prisoner before you take your turn[Chorus]So lay me down in the field and put me under the treesIn the tall grass where they won't find meEnjoying silence and peace until the sirensThey come back screaming, taking me awayI've given all I can giveSo don't let me go back between Woodward and CassCracked concrete and broken glassThis run down block with my name in lightsYour saving grace, my final ritesEleven miles from where I wasWhen I conceded my head, embraced my lost controlInnocence in a state so pureYou hear the demons calling to take back what you stole[Chorus]So lay me down in the field and put me under the treesAnd the tall grass where they won't find meEnjoying silence and peace until the sirensThey come back screaming, taking me awayI lost a piece of myself and I forget to slow downAnd just breathe, and it's scaring meI've given all I can giveSo don't let me goI am a dead man, I am a dead manAnd it's the only way it can endI don't know who's side I'm on anymoreAnd there's no starting over[Chorus]
