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Back to the Middle Lyrics
Yound and wasted look at me now,
I'm the kind of California
Straight out of Tennessee
C'mon baby crash on my couch,
You''ve got that Hollywood nosebleed
You've got that pedigree
But when the seasons change
That's when I'll catch that plane and go
Back to the middle, I'm gonna be high
Back to the middle when I've had enough I will fly
Back to the middle, passengers please stand by
Back to the middle it's a miracle I've escaped alive
In the thick thick electric air
There's a cloud of smoke ascending
Blocking the city lights
Fast and faded, dead in Times Square
I'm not looking for a heartache
I gotta catch a flight
Because the weathers cold,
This scene is getting old
In the freeze I'm dreaming of the palm trees
On the beat I scheme about the city
Why should I go back?
I'm the kind of California
Straight out of Tennessee
You''ve got that Hollywood nosebleed
You've got that pedigree
That's when I'll catch that plane and go
Back to the middle when I've had enough I will fly
Back to the middle, passengers please stand by
Back to the middle it's a miracle I've escaped alive
There's a cloud of smoke ascending
Blocking the city lights
I'm not looking for a heartache
I gotta catch a flight
This scene is getting old
On the beat I scheme about the city
Why should I go back?
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it seems to me this song is about getting wasted. he's constantly referring to flying, and the ''dreaming of palm trees'' could be taken as hallucinations. he also mentions electric air, like the whole world is alive with energy. the chorus is blatantly talking about drugs, from ''im gonna be high'' as his looking forward to it and ''its a miracle ive escaped alive'' as his realising how stupid it was.
the beginning is speaking about a girl he's seen doing coke. they're wasted and acting stupid, and she has ''the hollywood nosebleed'' - the nosebleed you get from doing coke.
awesome song
Seen it live. @ Sonar Arena. On October 22nd,2006. Amazing show. Loved ittt.
[[BreannaLynn]]
when he says going back to the middle, he is obviously talking about leaving hollywood and going back to middle tennessee where he is originally from.
it is sorta about getting high but its also talking about going back home and how he misses tennessee
I've listened to this song literally hundreds of times and i get out of it that yes,"i'm gonna be high" is about smoking weed but it aso could be about being in an airplane because in the chorus there are obvious refferences to things in airplanes.and Nashville (their hometown) is in the middle of Tennessee so it makes sense.And "fast and faded.dead in times square" and "i'm dreaming of the palm trees" are talking about New York City and Los Angeles,two places the band has lived.