R.e.m. - Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance lyrics

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've 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 don't care And I turn you round to face me here There's a compa** raised with a familiar tone With a voice that needles me to the bone Staring down the barrel of the middle distance God knows I've tried I close my eyes I close my eyes Whose position shifts cause its been effect If you can't hit play cause the bu*ton sticks Ignorance is bliss, I can't say There's a compa** raised with familiar tone With a voice that needles you to the bone You'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've tried I close my eyes I close my eyes I close my eyes Staring down the barrel of the middle distance God knows I've tried I close my eyes I close my eyes