The Middle of the Road Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jadedgypsy 

Cover art for The Middle of the Road lyrics by Johnathan Rice

Very interesting take DCFCAlex. I've no idea what this song means but if some of it was about Jenny, i'd be inclined to agree because of its possible references.

This verse in particular reminds me of a couple of her songs: "To live out in the wilderness, You gotta learn to start a fire. But you can stand out there with your fist in the air, While the rest of us get on with our lives".

Jenny has had a few songs with fire references. In 'Acid Tongue' she mentions this line: "Let's build ourselves a fire", pretty similar to Johnathan's "start(ing) a fire" in the wilderness lyric. Also, her lyrics in 'Fireplace' mostly has this line repeated multiple times: "Throw another log in the fireplace". As for the next part of the verse, the "fist in the air" line reminds me of 'Rise Up With Fists' in which she says "I will rise up with fists, And I will take what's mine." Of course I'm not saying that Jenny is the true copyright owner of all fire-related metaphors and proclamations of first-raising. It's just interesting how these lyrics could be connected. Maybe they write off of each other in that way and it wouldn't surprise me if they do, given that they've written a song together.