A Midwestern State of Emergency

[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 dead 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 dead 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]