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You cannot quit me so quickly
Is no hope in you for me?
No corner you could squeeze me
But I've got all the time for you love
The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter keeps us coming back for more
The space between
The wicked lies we tell to keep us safe from the pain
Will I hold you again?
These fickle fuddled words confuse me
Like will it rain today
We waste the hours with talking talking
These twisted games we're playing
We're strange allies
With warring hearts
What a wild-eyed beast you be
The space between
The wicked lies we tell that hope to keep us safe from the pain
Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster
You know you went off like the devil in the church
In the middle of a crowded room
All we can do my love
Is hope we don't take this ship down
The space between
Where you smile and hide
Is where you'll find me if I get to go
The space between
The bullets in our firefight
Is where I'll be hiding waiting for you
The rain that falls
Splashed in your heart
Ran like sadness down the window into your room
The space between
Our wicked lies is
The hope to keep us safe from pain
Take my hand
'cause we're walking out of here
Right out of here
Is all we need dear
The space between
What's wrong and right
Is where you'll find me hiding waiting for you
The space between your heart and mind
Is the space we'll fill with time
The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter keeps us coming back for more
The space between our wicked lies
Where we hope to keep safe from pain
The space between
The space between
Is no hope in you for me?
No corner you could squeeze me
But I've got all the time for you love
The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter keeps us coming back for more
The space between
The wicked lies we tell to keep us safe from the pain
Will I hold you again?
These fickle fuddled words confuse me
Like will it rain today
We waste the hours with talking talking
These twisted games we're playing
We're strange allies
With warring hearts
What a wild-eyed beast you be
The space between
The wicked lies we tell that hope to keep us safe from the pain
Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster
You know you went off like the devil in the church
In the middle of a crowded room
All we can do my love
Is hope we don't take this ship down
The space between
Where you smile and hide
Is where you'll find me if I get to go
The space between
The bullets in our firefight
Is where I'll be hiding waiting for you
The rain that falls
Splashed in your heart
Ran like sadness down the window into your room
The space between
Our wicked lies is
The hope to keep us safe from pain
Take my hand
'cause we're walking out of here
Right out of here
Is all we need dear
The space between
What's wrong and right
Is where you'll find me hiding waiting for you
The space between your heart and mind
Is the space we'll fill with time
The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter keeps us coming back for more
The space between our wicked lies
Where we hope to keep safe from pain
The space between
The space between
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Track duration: 04:02
"The Space Between" as written by David John Matthews, Glen Ballard
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Without pain there is no joy. They support each other like night and day do. Like spouses do, like heat and cold do. Without the counterpart the other ceases to exist also.
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS HELD IN PLACE BY WHAT IT ISN'T.
If we lived on a planet with no water or moisture on it the word WET would not exist and therefore we would not have the word DRY either.
If I divorce you I am no longer a husband which stops you from being a wife.
The fresh cold spot on your sheet when you roll over is only cold because YOU are hot, not because it's actually cold. If you had hypothermia that sheet would warm you.
When do we miss school and our friends. In the summer. While in school we can't wait for summer.
Sex feels great right? But if you do it every hour of everyday it would get old and boring and not feel good anymore.
Chocolate cake is great unless you eat it for every meal.
It's the SPACE BETWEEN the sex, the cake, school, trips to vegas, that makes it so great. Without the space between, being Without, the not-ness, the absence of something, it loses it's value. That's why flowers are desirable and weeds not. You don't have to work and suffer for weeds so they don't have value to us. It's why we value gold and not aluminum. Aluminum is plentiful and gold not.
Does that make sense?
So I think what Dave is saying is value the space between the joy which is tears; embrace the pains of the "not-ness" accept the "Doing without" because without out 'the lows' the 'highs' cant cycle back into your life.
Its the space between that makes all of the great things in life great.
In my humble opinion.
Greg
Favorite line: The space between the tears we cry is the laughter that keeps us coming back for more.
I think it's pretty clear that the meaning there is: it's the good times (laughter) that outnumber the bad (tears) that keep people together.
-It's about two people in love who can't let go of each other just yet. - "You cannot quit me so quickly"
-One is married, the other is not. They realize they can't ever be together but they make time to fill the space between the moments in their lives. - "There's no hope in you for me, But I got all the time for you, love."
-They have to keep their relationship a secret, obviously. "The Space Between The wicked lies we tell
And hope to keep safe from the pain"
-There's an age difference and they come from two different walks in life who, when they come together, ignite the fire in each others souls. "We're strange allies
With warring hearts What wild-eyed beast you be"
-It'll end, but they aren't sure when. "Will I hold you again? Will I hold..."
-They know it's wrong but they can't stop it. It's a war at home for him and she's empty and miserable. They turn to one another for comfort. He'll lose everything if their relationship is ever found out. "All we can do, my love Is hope we don't take this ship down"
-If he could change his situation, he'd go running to her. She knows this is true, which makes it all so sad. "The bullets in our firefight
Is where I'll be hiding, waiting for you
The rain that falls
Splash in your heart
Ran like sadness down the window into..."
-So while they can, they'll enjoy this little time they have together and make the most of it.
"Take my hand
'Cause we're walking out of here
Oh, right out of here
Love is all we need here
The Space Between
What's wrong and right
Is where you'll find me hiding, waiting for you
The Space Between
Your heart and mine
Is the space we'll fill with time
The Space Between..."
So, he's trying to be patient because he knows she's not the devil and hopes that eventually she'll trust and let his love touch her heart like "The rain that falls. Splash in your heart". Drives him nuts. He fights back sometimes too. Yet all in all, he feels sure enough to want to be patient and reassure her with words like ... "Take my hand.... we're walking out of here... (together, out of this scarey place). I got all the time for you, love... Love is all we need... (Im not going anywhere...) The space between .... Is where you'll find me hiding, waiting for you..."
In time we'll be okay cuz... "The Space Between, Your heart and mine, Is the space we'll fill with time..."
I feel this way about someone with their guard up. Don't know if it will work out, but my heart wants to show them I believe in them/us and see through the walls to a better place.. no matter how bad I do/want to fight back sometimes because when they act out and pull away.. it hurts. The first line of this song came to my mind tonight after a rough time... "You cannot quit me so quickly" .. sort of like saying .. Hey, I know it was a knee-jerk reaction, I know in the space you create between us, you will feel me and I will 'try' to wait for you there... But jeez.. you hurt me too and I dunno.. "but will I hold you again... " I'll try to be patient and wait.. we'll see how much I can take before it feels like a lost cause!!
-Sorry for the double post, I posted in the wrong place earlier.
I feel like I'm going through that with my ex, because whenever we hang out (now that there's been "space between" our breakup) there's this chemistry still between us. But we try to keep things as just friends, but it's so hard when we get along so well like we used to. However, I'm the one waiting, too scared to speak my true feelings to him that I miss him and still love him, even though I know right now may not be the best time to be together. But I stick around as a friend, waiting and hoping the time may be right again for us to be together.
This song is the ringtone for my ex-boyfriend, whom I have loved from the start. We continuously find our paths back to one another, but now is not the time for us to be together. I have faith that we are meant for each other though. And although I may not stand still, I will wait for him. He is my heart.
I am in love with someone. He and I have a very strong bond. We have loved each other for years, even when we try not to. Even when we make each other crazy, even when one of us hurts the other, even when life keeps us apart for too long, we love each other.
He is a gigantic portion of my heart.