Maybe it's another "success isn't what I thought it would be" song.Īlso, I always thought "And your friends, they all come crawlin'/Slap you on the back and say, Oh Im tryin to make some sense of it all, But I can see it makes no sense at all, Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor. But now that they're big, their 'friends' come out of the woodwork, asking for money or connections or what-have-you, slapping you on the back and begging for a hand-out. If you interpret it that way, the "started off with nothin'" bridge could be about the guys in the band all psyched that they've finally gone from a no-name group gigging at dives (starting off from nothing) to a decently successful group. Losing control, yeah Im all over the place.
You're at a fancy dinner with these bigwigs and suits and snobs and assorted other elites, and you feel awkward ("I don't know why I came here tonight/I got the feelin' that something ain't right") and, in the presence of The Powers That Be, you're terrified of making a bad impression- "I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair/And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.It's so hard to keep this smile from my face/Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place." But you spend time with them, and you realize that they're nothing but a pack of assholes-"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right/Here I am, stuck in the middle with you." This would especially make sense if he was at the dinner with a bandmate and he knew they both felt the same way. Misheard Lyrics -> Song -> S -> Stuck In The Middle With You Cause Im throwing up all over place. Kayteeoh - A review of the song calls it a "clever corporate snub", so you could be right: For the record, though, I still haven't seen the movie. So thanks, Q.T., for keeping a good song alive.
#LYRICS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU MOVIE#
General CommentI'm tempted to be smug and say "I liked it before it was in Reservoir Dogs." But I'm fairly young and, ironically, I probably wouldn't have heard it on oldies stations if its use in that movie hadn't caused a resurgence in popularity, thus causing it to re-enter popular consciousness and make it worthwhile for oldies stations to put it back in rotation. 'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore requests to be brought into a mess and stuck in the middle Even the blind. Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the placeĬlowns to the left of me, jokers to the rightĪnd you're proud that you're a self made manīut I can see that it makes no sense at all had you beside me than against me even if it was an exercise in futility. It's so hard to keep this smile from my face I'm so scared in case I fall off my chairĪnd I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs I got the feeling that something ain't right Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
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