I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
Sooner or later this drunken elevator
Is gonna stop where I'm supposed to be
It's ten past eleven, I'm half way up to heaven
But I'm stuck in reality
Night's kind of funny
Not in it for the money
But I know that I've gotta pay
Love's gonna getcha
But only when I letcha
And I don't want to turn away
Why can't the boys see the toys
That the girls want the boys to be
And why can't the girls see the world
That the boys want the girls to see, yeah
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
At night it's on the low
No front just sing the flow
We're speaking all in code
To get to the place we know
Sweat running down my back
I'm wearing leather, black
Falling into a trap
There is no turning back
I got my ladies with me
Fellas get cool and freaky
But we've gotta keep him tame
'cause we don't want to play that game
Everybody from the block
Needs to be feeling nice
It ain't no weakest party
But get up enjoy the ride
What you see and what you hear
Can never be exposed
Acting out of character
Is everything we know
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I know it's kind of tender
My body's tired
It's freaky but I'm ready for this bumpy ride
Everybody's tripping
It's all insane
But the voices in my head are saying it's ok
Trying to slow it down or
It's against the rush
Gotta keep it cool to avoid the crush
I dream that I, and it's starting to show
That I've moved it on
'cause I've changed the flow
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
Sooner or later this drunken elevator
Is gonna stop where I'm supposed to be
It's ten past eleven, I'm half way up to heaven
But I'm stuck in reality
Night's kind of funny
Not in it for the money
But I know that I've gotta pay
Love's gonna getcha
But only when I letcha
And I don't want to turn away
Why can't the boys see the toys
That the girls want the boys to be
And why can't the girls see the world
That the boys want the girls to see, yeah
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
At night it's on the low
No front just sing the flow
We're speaking all in code
To get to the place we know
Sweat running down my back
I'm wearing leather, black
Falling into a trap
There is no turning back
I got my ladies with me
Fellas get cool and freaky
But we've gotta keep him tame
'cause we don't want to play that game
Everybody from the block
Needs to be feeling nice
It ain't no weakest party
But get up enjoy the ride
What you see and what you hear
Can never be exposed
Acting out of character
Is everything we know
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I know it's kind of tender
My body's tired
It's freaky but I'm ready for this bumpy ride
Everybody's tripping
It's all insane
But the voices in my head are saying it's ok
Trying to slow it down or
It's against the rush
Gotta keep it cool to avoid the crush
I dream that I, and it's starting to show
That I've moved it on
'cause I've changed the flow
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
I'm caught up in the middle
Jumping through the riddle
I'm falling just a little tonight (uh uh)
'cause everybody's making trouble
Someone's burst their bubble
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
But we'll be getting by alright (uh uh uh)
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In the Middle Lyrics as written by Brian Thomas Higgins Miranda Eleanor De Fonbrune Cooper
Lyrics © Roba Music Verlag GMBH, Ultra Tunes, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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