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Jimmy Eat World's single “The Middle” was a great teen film compressed into an under-three-minute pop song. Lyrically, singer Jim Adkins' message echoes what director John Hughes was telling teens in his heyday — you don't fit in with the cool kids and you don't play their games, but why should you?
May 2, 2013
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This song is like perfect for me, because it's just say that even though other people are doing the same things and that they don't like the things that you do.
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