Stuck in the Middle Lyrics

What do you do when you've gone so long

Too far to turn back, too long to keep going

Stuck in the middle with a choice to make

And looking to the sky, waiting for the voice of fate

But fate never spoke, or maybe you didn't hear it

Maybe you missed your moment, maybe you were nowhere near it

Maybe your fate is to never accept your fate until it's too late and you are headed for death

But what a waste, getting ahead of yourself

Appreciate the moment, never know how many is left

Do you? Nope, I bet you didn't ever bet

That you'd be living with a different level of regret

Rarely ever get upset though you're living with it well

Those who really know you best though would tell a different tale

Everybody could tell that you've been living in a hell

You imposed on yourself got you sitting in a cell

For no reason, you don't even make any sense

Afraid of making a decision so you stay on the fence

Too scared to get off the fence and so you stay on defense

Afraid to take a chance scared of taking a risk

Are you afraid of making it big

And the expectation that the fame it would bring

Or are you afraid of the sting

Afraid that you might fall and have to fail at a thing

Well I don't want to have to be like you

I know we all have dreams I have to see mine through

I ain't afraid of the sting I'll take a beeline to the end

Like the director's cut of a scene not used

I am a mean, odd dude, got to believe I do

Got all the tools I need to receive my due

I am a phenom, fool, I'm fucking Freon cool

I am Neo, spoon, and we are beyond rules

I'll bend the world to my will, I'm unwilling to lose

There is no utensil there, though, the simplest truth

Is the hardest to accept in the darkness and the depth

Of your heart and you draw on it until part of it is left

But you keep on pushing forward, your priorities are kept

Because your word it is your bond, and a bond is to the death

And so you keep on pushing forward never falling out of step

Like you heard a sergeant barking out and calling: To the left

And got you falling for the cadence all responding out of breath

While I'm talking about your mama and I'm calling you cadet

Dog, take me to the vet

Because I'm an animal I ain't been vaccinated yet

And ain't nobody in the world about to make me break a sweat

Man, today is the day these words and their maker met

Because I just killed the perfect verse

I strangled it and left it out for dead up in the dirt

Angels came and played a medley

And the pontiff of the Papal State was praying for the memory

The leaders of the nations all conveyed their deepest sympathies

And everyone agreed that it was maybe for the best

And we just laid the beat to rest

And may this speech I've written rest in peace