Listen to Back To The Middle by Modest Mouse

Back To The Middle

Modest Mouse

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Isaac Brock

Vocals

Jeremiah Green

Drums

Russell Higbee

Bass

Lisa Molinaro

Viola

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Isaac Brock

Songwriter

Jeremiah Green

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Andrew Weiss

Producer

Jeremy Sherrer

Recording Engineer

John McEntire

Mixing Engineer

Stephen Marcussen

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Mastering Engineer

Stewart Whitmore

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Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Back to the middle and don't you remember?

Every day was another fish tank and your head

Swims around and you wrote us a letter

Sayin' things will get much better, goes

Back to the middle and don't you remember?

Every night, there's a tiny porch light in our chest

Pulls clouds of bugs to flutter

We felt loved as they carried us, carried us

[Verse 2]

Back to the middle and don't you remember?

Our head is a cage and the parrot loves to talk

[Verse 3]

We built a cabin and we built a castle

I just don't believe it was worth all the hassle, you know?

We lived in cities and we lived in caves

I guess I'd like to move back to the middle again

[Verse 4]

Back to the middle and don't you remember?

Our head is a cage and the parrot, it won't shut up

[Verse 5]

Back to the middle and don't you remember?

Now and then we would take our ladder and

See if we will climb to the heavens or

Shift our gaze and climb down to never go

Back to the middle and don't you remember?

Every winter, we would wish it were warmer and

Every summer, I will knit you a sweater

Scratch words in the dirt to remember that

We're up here right now, not forever, we'll

Be pulled right back down to the middle again

Written by: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green

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