Текст песни: The Risk of the Middle Way + перевод

I limp along with obligation

Its burdens pressing on my shoulders

You always show a face that’s steady

You ask but you refuse to beg me

And you have always been unwilling

To ever speak of compromise

These passions are such mirthless masters

Sated without even a smile

Their reassurance can’t persuade me

Of secret peace or hidden beauty

And they are chronically unwilling

To ever speak of compromise

I was just trying to play it safe

I was just trying to stay out of harm’s way

I was just trying to negotiate

To find myself in the middle way

With terrors on each hand

I settle in this land

Neither hot nor cold

Neither brave nor bold

Blunted sharp corners

See through like a shade

The edges tatter off

Slowly I’m unmade

With terrors on each hand

I settle in this land

Neither hot nor cold

Neither brave nor bold

There’s risk in the middle way

Of slumping into torpor

I can say what I’m against

But hardly what I’m for

You never know how much is just right

Until you’ve reached out and regretted

Submit and keep your feet from slipping

You watch what you put into that head of yours

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