I can't shake the dust off from your Empire State

It's in my head and leaves me burning red

I'll beg for just one showdown, then I'll be done elbowing you

Will you meet me here in the middle?

I'd give an arm or a leg for a little company

So I can find just a little peace of mind

I'm strung out wondering what is the matter

Throw a bone or at least throw a dagger

I don't like to be ignored

But you're not talking anymore

And I'm spent

The great frontier of basement shows and lukewarm beer

You stay upstairs, we're missing you down here

High and mighty? Certainly high

Fog like soup to drown you by

What are you doing now under that great big upstate sky?

Will you meet me here in the middle?

I'd give an arm or a leg for a little company

So I can find just a little peace of mind

I'm strung out wondering what is the matter

Throw a bone or at least throw a dagger

I don't like to be ignored

But we're not talking anymore

And I'm spent

All the while, I've been standing at an intersection of

Reasons why I should let it go or give it one last

College try, but didn't I just make my bed and lie in it?

You won't meet me here in the middle

You gave an eye for an eye so you didn't

Have to meet me in the ring

Now who's the one not listening?

I feel your eyes on the words of this song

I see all of the rocks where I stepped wrong

I forgot what it was in the first place

That made you take to me now and erase