Middle Children

Lyrics From Live Performance

[Verse 1: Julien Baker & Matthew Gilliam]

Lonely middle children

In the shadow of the taller buildings

Ran into each other in

The elevator

Going the same way

Each a different floor to fix their broken

Arms and legs

[Verse 2: Julien Baker]

The generous position

Is to make revisions to our history

It’s not only natural, it’s expected

But I wanna get it right

Over dinner while you tell me how your parents met

The rapid cell division

Force at work in fractions of an inch

That landed me here

And not in the desert

At the instant

When I set my heart on you

[Chorus: Julien Baker]

So I press the question

Up against your temples now

Can you bear to be alone?

Or is it not that simple? How

Could you read the future, would you

Change your answer, baby, or would you still

Stick it out with me?

[Verse 3: Julien Baker]

I think the decision

That I made would be different

If I had been operating out of love

But I was moving out of fear

[Chorus: Julien Baker]

So I press the question harder

Up against your temples now

Can you bear to be alone?

Or is it not that simple how

If you could see the future, would you

Change your answer, or could you still

Stick it out with me?