I've been working on this song since the summer of 2014 and didn't finish the lyrics before January this year. It's about always being in the middle...obviously.
lyrics
Always in the Middle
Verse 1
I'm stuck in my own puddle
And it's not much of a struggle
Way too subtle, but also insane
While others do drugs, I just ruin my brain
Chorus
I'm always in the middle
and perplexed by life's riddle
Always too much, always too little
But you'll always find me in the middle
Verse 2
Now all is boring and overrated
But it might just be me who's jaded
I hate it, feel like I could do without
I'm stuck in the middle of my own doubt
Bridge
Born into the middle class
The middle of the road is where I pass
Never alone and never together
Is this how it's gonna stay forever?
I never really got my thrill
And I wonder if I ever will
Verse 3
And I don't know where they've turned
All those bridges that I've burned
I'm learned, but also ingrained
Others fall in love, I just fall insane
credits
from Extended Excess,
released November 17, 2016
Words and music by Read Hard
Drums by Gøyvind
Back up vocals by Esban
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