On 42nd Street, the taxis scream

Can't hear my own thoughts, can't even breathe

Tourists rush by, glued to their phones

My head's gonna burst, feels like a stone

Yeah, I'm drowned out, completely gone

Just a whisper lost in their loud song

This overwhelming noise of others, it just consumes

My silent scream just fills these empty rooms

My cardboard sign, soaked through with rain

They step right over me, don't meet my eye

My hands reach out, but they just pass by

Like I'm not even here, beneath this fake sky

Yo, what's the point, man? Nobody cares

Just another ghost caught in their snares

Yeah, I'm drowned out, completely gone

Just a whisper lost in their loud song

This overwhelming noise of others, it just consumes

My silent scream just fills these empty rooms