Middle Ground

from Middle Ground [SINGLE] by Sixstep

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Originally released as an acoustic track on "A Dangerous World", "MIDDLE GROUND (full band arrangement)" was arranged by bassist Jason Peed for the "Dangerous World" album release concert on 4 April 2009. Melancholic horn melodies interweave with Al Rahn's expressive vocals, all set to the backdrop of Elliot Koenig's dark, swampy, Robert Johnson-esque guitar. The song also marks tenor player Ricky Hopkins' first recording as a permanent member of Sixstep.

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middle ground
you leave me on this middle ground
taking your sweet little time about it
keep me guessing if you’ll ever really understand
I’m in your hand
on middle ground

all around
I can feel the judgments come crashing down
for things that you might not have done if I had tried to stop it
I’ve fallen from the cloud on which I used to stand
and here I land
on middle ground

do I push you too hard or not hard enough?
do I give you too little?
do I ask for too much?
some days are great, some days you’re so tough
and you don’t respond to my touch.
I’m sleeping with a ghost
My God, where did you go?

without a sound
I wait it out until I’m found
while you wonder if it’s worth your precious time if you doubt it
I know you used to love me but I need to know today
and it’s okay
either way
but I just can’t stay
on middle ground

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from Middle Ground [SINGLE], released October 20, 2010
lyrics by Al Rahn
music by Elliot Koenig
arranged by Jason Glen Peed
Recorded & Mixed by David Irish, Music Inc Studios (Orange, CA)

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