Middle Ground

In between the desert sand and starless sky you'll find me

Searching for a place to land and lights that do not blind me

I used to live alone now I can't escape the crowd

And every night I go out looking for the middle ground

In between the harvest and the day the fruit goes rotten

Kiss the girls with idle hands see what the devil's taught them

Maybe it's a curse or maybe it's a crown

Either way I'll wear it proudly looking for the middle ground

I just want a level head

A level heart and a level bed

I'm tired of the sloping floors

They always seem to point me towards

The door

In between the golden age and grand decline I wonder

How we miss the good old days until they've been outnumbered

I used to be so shy but now I am too proud

Take me as I am I'm looking for the middle ground

In between Thoreau and Thynne she was like a sailor

Disappointed by the wind that never seemed to trail her

I used to love her voice now I cannot take the sound

Oh bury me in rose I'm looking for the middle ground

I just want a level head

A level heart and a level bed

I'm tired of the sloping floors

They always seem to point me towards

The door

In between the shallow grave and gallows I remember

The avalanche the tidal wave the sweetness of surrender

I tell you this in faith that I still have my doubts

I'm praying for a place that I can call my middle ground

They say that it's within and you cannot live without

All I need's a compass pointing towards the middle ground