Here or there is all very well But in between is where the time will tell Straight or late in a Crimson view Talking to the wind blowing all through you Jupiter burning in the sky Giant storms a lifetime away Here in the middle just a riddle why I'm here my love I'm half the way Half the joy may be half the way But the middle isn't just one place It's a whole ocean, an entire space And for years you can try to stay Right in the middle Get in the middle Get in the middle Get to the beginning of the center of the circle of the stars Get to the end of the edge of the box of the time Cards make a house, but love makes a home Man makes manners and in Xanadu a dome The image makes god and I make it real The sound makes music and I make it feel Start in the middle with everything main Then like Coltrane, go both ways at once Start in the middle with everything main Then like Coltrane, go both ways at once