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A Midwestern State of Emergency Lyrics by Silverstein

I Am Alive In Everything I Touch

2015

[Intro]
I am a dead man, I'm crawling into a trap
[Verse 1]
A horizontal response
I'm laying down for you once again
You've taken what's granted
I've said goodbye to my friends
I throw myself headfirst into this
Close the curtain and strand me
Found myself lost again
With even more excuses and even less concern
Bound and gagged but I enjoy it
You seduce your prisoner before you take your turn
[Chorus 1]
So lay me down in the field and put me under the trees
In the tall grass where they won't find me
Enjoying silence and peace until the sirens
They come back screaming, taking me away
I've given all I can give
[Verse 2]
So don't let me go back between Woodward and Cass
Cracked concrete and broken glass
This run down block with my name in lights
Your saving grace, my final rites
Eleven miles from where I was
When I conceded my head, embraced my lost control
Innocence in a state so pure
You hear the demons calling to take back what you stole
[Chorus 2]
So lay me down in the field and put me under the trees
In the tall grass where they won't find me
Enjoying silence and peace until the sirens
They come back screaming, taking me away
I lost a piece of myself and I forgot to slow down
And just breathe, and it's scaring me
I've given all I can give
So don't let me go
[Bridge]
I am a dead man, I am a dead man
And it's the only way it can end
(I am a dead man, I am a dead man, I am a dead man, I am a dead...)
Man!
Don't know whose side I'm on
Anymore
And there's no starting over
[Chorus 2]
So lay me down in the field and put me under the trees
In the tall grass where they won't find me
Enjoying silence and peace until the sirens
They come back screaming, taking me away
I lost a piece of myself and I forgot to slow down
And just breathe, and it's scaring me
I've given all I can give
So don't let me go
Credits
Silverstein

Silverstein

About “A Midwestern State of Emergency” by Silverstein

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"A Midwestern State of Emergency" appears on "I Am Alive In Everything I Touch" in 2015.

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