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Middle Man

from No More Birthdays by Brevity

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lyrics

I'm the time you spent studying to get straight A's
I'm not the reason that you work, just the bills that you pay
I'm the countless auditions that you did to reach fame
Not the straw that broke the camel's back, the one that caused pain
Not the record that went platinum just a week ago
But I am the first song of yours they played on radio
I walk my own path, I'll never be a sheep
Except the one right before the one you count to fall asleep

And as I lay awake I think I might believe in fate
Cause it's train coming in and it's never been late
You can say that I'm dumb or that I caused this to come
But I'm just too old to give excuses like "we were young"

And all this time I've been pushing my luck
Onto the very people I thought that I could love
And when I drive you away, you'll end up the same
Cause I'm the step right before the step that you want to take
We never work directly, I'm just the middle man
Between you and life's big riddle and
I understand that this is working out for you
But I've been hoping that my luck is gonna run out soon

I'm the quarter that you use to scratch your lottery ticket
Who's coming in the nick of time cause you were 'bout to get evicted
The record that you play for it's warmth, that's me
But it's just so much more convenient to get the MP3
The Playstation 2 had all your favorite games
But the graphics on the 4 are completely insane
I'm the ball that you hit a thousand times in the cage
So you can get the winning hit when you played the big game

And as I lay awake I think I might believe in fate
Cause it's train coming in and it's never been late
You can say that I'm dumb or that I caused this to come
But I'm just too old to give excuses like "we were young"

And all this time I've been pushing my luck
Onto the very people I thought that I could love
And when I drive you away, you'll end up the same
Cause I'm the step right before the step that you want to take
We never work directly, I'm just the middle man
Between you and life's big riddle and
I understand that this is working out for you
But I've been hoping that my luck is gonna run out soon

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from No More Birthdays, released June 15, 2016

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