'in the midst of you' finds brad in late night lothario mode, his previous seductive style now taking a more resolutely romantic and perhaps surprisingly spiritual direction. the phrase “in the midst of you” comes from the bible, zephaniah 3:17, “the full quote is something along the lines of “god is in the midst of you” - basically meaning that you have to look inward for peace or enlightenment, etc. the album is about that in parts and also, as always, i tried to put a romantic twist on it so that the “in the midst of you” is about being in love with somebody. it’s kind of a juxtaposition but i’ve always enjoyed taking spiritual messages and giving them a double meaning, explains brad. “hopefully it’s a positive message of prostrating yourself to somebody, or to spirituality or something - but giving yourself fully to something , being in the midst…”