Middle Road Lyrics - The Gathering Field

Take the darkest of the darkest nights 

Combine it with the brightest of the sun's bright rays 

And you'll see what I see in my head 

What I see every day 

From the pit of despair 

To the arch of euphoric transcendence 

I'm the middle man monkey, the misery junkie 

The cat walking barbed wire fences 

And I've been searching high and low 

Yeah, up and down and carrying my heavy load 

High and low and up and down and all around 

Been trying to find the middle road 

Well, I've been trying to find it 

Well, I've been trying to find it 

Whenever God shines his light 

Well, I put on my best sunglasses 

Any truth that shines through, for a moment, I view 

But of course, then the moment, it passes 

And I'm standing alone again 

At the crossroads of my melodrama 

With my heart in my hand, dumb and silent, I stand 

Like some dime store Dalai Lama 

I've been searching high and low 

Yeah, up and down and carrying my heavy load 

High and low and up and down and all around 

Been trying to find the middle road 

Well, I've been trying to find it 

Well, I've been trying to find it 

Angel, devil, it's all the same 

Each one knows me by name 

Each one knows me 

They all know me by name 

Come, the morning of my soul's dark night 

When I've laid to rest these ghosts that haunt me 

With sweet tenderness, I will kiss your red lips 

Not the past or the future shall daunt me 

But that day ain't here just yet 

Oh, I'm stuck here on this roller coaster 

With my hands in the air, on a wing and a prayer 

Hoping it's taking me closer 

I've been searching high and low 

Oh, up and down and carrying my heavy load 

High and low and up and down and all around 

Been trying to find the middle road 

Oh baby, I've been searching high and low 

Oh, up and down and carrying my heavy load 

High and low and up and down and all around 

Been trying to find the middle road 

Well, I'm still trying to find it 

Well, I'm still trying to find it 

Well, I've been trying to find the middle road 

Well, I've been trying to find it, yeah 

Well, I've been trying to find the middle road 

Well, I've been trying to find the middle road 

Well, I'm still trying to find it