The Middle

I wasn't higher than I was supposed to be

But the walls froze through, then they shattered

I'm partially peaceful, sitting in an empty room

Well, the lights outside never mattered

There's a bitter pill on the other side

Smoky, shaded space in a double-wide

Oh, we could come to the middle

And let it all pass through

I'm a pretender, sloppy in the morning sun

All the lies I live make me wonder

And I had a bottle, filled it with the only one

That could turn my nights into thunder

How I wish it could be another way

And I wouldn't stumble and go away

Yeah, it makes you cry just a little

If it does us any good, I cannot see it

And I am shaping a madness

Dinner's here on mirrored plate

While the world spins faster than ever

And they say it's burning

All the things you need to say

You better get 'em now while you're limber

Morning never cuts like I want it to

There's a canyon in between me and you

And I would bleed just a little

And never be the same

Why am I so tired when all I do is sleep?

Is it the same dream that I keep having?

You were there with me lying in a naked sea

But there was ample shelter and padding

But the wind whispers in a darkened street

Selling simple warnings to you and me

Yeah, it makes me die just a little

A little every day