{"id":54834,"date":"2026-07-28T17:27:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54834"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:27:53","slug":"in-the-middle-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/28\/in-the-middle-3\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Middle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Driving Bass, Organ Pads, Guitar Delay, Steady Drum Groove]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe center&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Keeps shifting.<br \/>\n(Drifting)<\/p>\n<p>What once seemed ordinary&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Feels unfamiliar.<\/p>\n<p>(How about where you are?)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIn the middle<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t normal<br \/>\n(Any more?)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;for sure&#8230;<br \/>\nGone extreme<br \/>\n(Know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYesterday&#8217;s unusual<br \/>\nBecomes today&#8217;s familiar call<br \/>\nRecords fall without a sound<br \/>\nSoon another comes around<br \/>\nWhat once made the evening news<br \/>\nNow becomes expected views<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nMoving lines<br \/>\n(Changing scale)<br \/>\nNew extremes<br \/>\n(Leave a trail)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWhere&#8217;s the middle?<br \/>\n(Hard to say)<br \/>\nKeeps on moving<br \/>\n(Day by day)<\/p>\n<p>Normal shifts<br \/>\n(Out of sight)<br \/>\nSlow enough<br \/>\n(To seem right)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIn the middle<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t normal<br \/>\n(Any more?)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;for sure&#8230;<br \/>\nGone extreme<br \/>\n(Know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Heavy Bass Groove, Organ Swells, Synth Textures, Driving Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFloods arrive with greater force<br \/>\nStorms adjust another course<br \/>\nPiece by piece the baseline bends<br \/>\nQuietly the pattern trends<br \/>\nNot because the Earth stood still<br \/>\nBut because it climbed the hill<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThe middle moves<br \/>\nWithout a sound<br \/>\nUntil new limits<br \/>\nCan be found<\/p>\n<p>One more year<br \/>\n(A little more)<br \/>\nIs the end clearer<br \/>\n(Than before)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe danger&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t only&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The extremes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s forgetting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What the mean&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Means.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nIn the middle<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t normal<br \/>\n(Any more?)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;for sure&#8230;<br \/>\nGone extreme<br \/>\n(Know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;for sure&#8230;<br \/>\nGone extreme<br \/>\n(Know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>In the middle&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or so it seems&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Piano, Echo Guitar, Organ Fade]<br \/>\nWhere&#8217;s the middle?<\/p>\n<p>Still moving&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Still changing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Out of sight.<\/p>\n<p>(Out of the light)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Exactly\/\">Exactly<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Driving Bass, Organ Pads, Guitar Delay, Steady Drum Groove] [Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal] The center&#8230; Keeps shifting. (Drifting) What once seemed ordinary&#8230; Feels unfamiliar. (How about where you are?) 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