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Back To The Middle

India Arie
2001-01-014:31 minSynced lyrics

"Back To The Middle" is a song by India Arie, released in 2001 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:31 long and contains 33 lines and 262 words.

Lyrics

0:21She is twenty five spent over half of her life
0:32So afraid to speak her mind it's such a shame
0:39'Cause what a brilliant mind she has
0:43Chorus
0:44And now she's been introduced to confidence
0:53She doesn't see that she is bordering on arrogance
1:04When will she learn to come back to the middle
1:20He is a young black man grew up without his father
1:30And now it falls into his hands to protect his mother
1:38India Arie
1:39'Cause if he doesn't well then who will his older brother lives in fear
1:51Of everything especially trying to fill his father's shoes
2:00Chorus
2:01Respectively they go to extremes of masculine and feminine
2:12Chasing dreams but they keep on falling
2:17'Cause they don't know no balance
2:22When will they learn to come back to the middle
2:28Bridge
2:31You must take the good with the bad and you might hit the wall
2:37Sometimes you'll fly and sometimes you'll fall
2:42There isn't any way to avoid the pain
2:47But it's getting burned that's how you will learn
2:51Instrumental Break
2:55Chorus
3:14Needing to protect your self now that is just a part of life
3:24If you let your fears keep you from flying you will never reach your height
3:35To get to the top you must come back to the middle
3:45When will we learn to come back to the middle
4:11Come back to the middle Come back to the middle
4:20Don't make no mind about falling down
4:22'Cause it's when you're in that valley
4:25You can see both sides more clearly
4:31Come back to the middle
She is  twenty five  spent over half of her life
So afraid to speak her mind  it's such a shame
'Cause what a brilliant mind she has
Chorus
And now she's been introduced to confidence
She doesn't see  that she is bordering on arrogance
When will she learn  to come back to the middle
He is  a young black man  grew up without his father
And now it falls into his hands  to protect his mother
India Arie
'Cause if he doesn't  well then who will  his older brother lives in fear
Of everything  especially  trying to fill his father's shoes
Chorus
Respectively  they go to extremes  of masculine and feminine
Chasing dreams  but they keep on falling
'Cause they don't know no balance
When will they learn  to come back to the middle
Bridge
You must take the good with the bad  and you might hit the wall
Sometimes you'll fly and sometimes you'll fall
There isn't any way  to avoid the pain
But it's getting burned  that's how you will learn
Instrumental Break
Chorus
Needing to protect your self now that is just a part of life
If you let your fears keep you from flying  you will never reach your height
To get to the top you must come back to the middle
When will we learn  to come back to the middle
Come back to the middle  Come back to the middle
Don't make no mind about falling down
'Cause it's when you're in that valley
You can see both sides more clearly
Come back to the middle

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