Hard as the kick in a young man's stride/I stabbed
myself back into the night/One heel in front,
one heel behind/Life in the Empire State.
..Angels and devils before my eyes/The palms of my
hands hung by my side/Helpless I watched them destroy
and divide/Life in the Empire State.
..Cold were my bones, warm was the fire,
white was yr face cast to my mind/Bright as ever any
light that shined/On Life in the Empire State Into
the Void I roared in vain,
what if the South's gonna do it again,
promise you'll b by my side for the end Of Life in
the Empire State... Shrug off the shifting weight of
home/And hope that the Almight Anchor will hold/Was
there room in yr heart for yr weakest son all along/Whistle
sirens the Blind comin' on.
..No matter how lion-hearted my will I still stray
beyond?I threw up my hands and swore I'd find more
in yr arms/Was the Narrow Way there in our midst all
along/Sounds like the empire State's comin' on...