There's some songs that you never really outgrow, and for me, The Middle is one of those. The relentless optimism of the track feels like a weird match for the dark cynicism of teenagehood in the early 2000s, but the earnest insistence that everything would be alright captured something about that moment in time, and it still resonates with me today. I have no idea how well-known a song it is these days, but for those of us who grew up in that era, it's something we'll probably never forget.
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