In The Middle Of Nowhere
Journey Through Nostalgia: Rediscovering Home in the Middle of Nowhere
Lyrics
They had meant for me one last
Reflecting on a supposed final opportunity
Time to see my hometown again
Returning to the birthplace
Once again go there see the places
Revisiting familiar locations from childhood
Where as a child I've been
Recalling places from early life
As I journeyed now it was so
Describing a distant journey that felt close
Far out it was almost in
Emphasizing the paradoxical nearness of the far
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
Expressing a sense of isolation and remoteness
Sadness talked with me as I walked
Conveying a melancholic mood during a walk
The streets of my memory
Reflecting on memories associated with the streets
Streets that seemed somehow so much smaller
Noting a perceived reduction in street size
Now than they used to be
Comparing the current state with the past
Talked of other days when this tiny
Recalling the town's significance in earlier times
Place had been home to me
Referencing the town as a former home
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
Reiterating a sense of isolation and insignificance
People stared at me in silence
Describing the reactions of people to the narrator
As I walked around
Observing the passage of time through changed reactions
Time had passed till I was
Noting the time that has elapsed since the narrator's departure
Just a stranger there
Feeling like a stranger in the familiar surroundings
Folks had changed so much that no
Commenting on the substantial changes in people
One even knew me now
Expressing a lack of recognition from others
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
Reiterating a sense of being in an isolated place
I went once again to the schoolyard
Returning to a place of childhood recreation
Where I used to play
Passing by the church of parents
Passed the church of mom and daddy
Recalling the religious practices of family
Where they used to pray
Reflecting on the final resting place of parents
Down the dusty road to the churchyard
Traveling along an abandoned road to the graveyard
Where they both now lay
Noting the burial site of both parents
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
Reiterating a feeling of isolation in the location
As I placed my blue forgetmenots
Placing flowers on the ground as a final gesture
There on the ground one last time I knelt by
Kneeling in prayer beside parents' graves
Mom and dad in prayer
Saying a final goodbye through prayer
Then I said goodbye forever
Acknowledging a permanent farewell to the town
To that little town
Leaving the small town behind forever
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
Reiterating the sense of isolation in the remote location
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