It's the great ideal But I hold too tight and I end up living in a world I feared You can read my mind quicker than I write it But I show my teeth Words dance on my tongue but they don't come easy And they're hard to hear You're a river running fast and I jump right into it ♪ I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I pretend I'm so content, you know I'm no good at it I come again To the end On the bed, you know you're so good at it ♪ Could we meet in the middle? All that I fear and I never say You lay in the middle of the night Won't you turn my way? Hey, hey Could we meet in the middle? I go falling through the day I wait in the middle of the night for you to turn my way Hey, hey Could we meet in the middle? All that I fear and I never say You lay in the middle of the night Won't you turn my way? Hey, hey Could we meet in the middle? I go falling through the day I wait in the middle of the night for you to turn my way Hey, hey