[Verse 1] Forty-two and feeling wise But wisdom comes without disguise Of what the questions ought to be This cosmic joke's surrounding me Space expands before our eyes While time trails back through endless skies [Chorus] We're living in the middle ground Where the answer can be found We know it's forty-two somehow But what's the question anyhow? Living in the middle, middle ground Where knowledge spins around [Verse 2] Middle class and middle child Neither broken nor beguiled Not poor enough for sympathy Not rich enough to just be free The suburbs stretch like endless lanes Between the glory and the pain [Chorus] We're living in the middle ground Where the answer can be found We know it's forty-two somehow But what's the question anyhow? Living in the middle, middle ground Where knowledge spins around [Verse 3] Two infinites on either side One vast, one small, both worlds collide The granular details below The magnitude above we know Between the Planck length and the void A cosmic balance we've enjoyed [Chorus] We're living in the middle ground Where the answer can be found We know it's forty-two somehow But what's the question anyhow? Living in the middle, middle ground Where knowledge spins around [Bridge] Forty-two zeros mark our place Between infinities of space Time stretching backward through the years While future's vastness interfears Understanding every side While our own truth we must hide [Verse 4] The mediator's weary stance Never getting our own chance We hold the pieces in our hands But can't decode what fate demands Gray areas consume our days Lost within the endless maze [Chorus] We're living in the middle ground Where the answer can be found We know it's forty-two somehow But what's the question anyhow? Living in the middle, middle ground Where knowledge spins around [Outro] Space expands and time rewinds Two infinites of different kinds In the middle truth resides Without the questions as our guides [END]
