staring down the barrel of the middle distance

R.e.m.

Now the hope for the future took a pounding in the parking lot
And the answer for today is all I got
When your name is called the lights went down
The time is the essence excuse me and I'm
Blinking at the vanishing point of what I thought

Staring down the barrel of the middle distance
God knows I tried I close my eyes
I close my eyes
I close my eyes

I greet despair to a standard prayer
If you call for the future I donââ?¬â?¢t care
And I donââ?¬â?¢t mean *** to face me here aha
Thereââ?¬â?¢s a compass raised with familiar tone
With a voice that needles me to the bone

Staring down the barrel of the middle distance
God knows I tried
I close my eyes
I close my eyes
I close my eyes
Whose position shifts cause its been effect
If you can't hit play cause the button sticks
Ignorance is bliss, I canââ?¬â?¢t say
Thereââ?¬â?¢s a compass raised with familiar tone
With a voice that needles you to the bone
Youââ?¬â?¢re left with chaos, static and delay

Staring down the barrel of the middle distance
Staring down the barrel of the middle distance
God knows I tried I close my eyes
I close my eyesI close my eyes
Staring down the barrel of the middle distance
God Knows I tried
I close my eyes