I think it's about a failed relationship maybe marriage,and saying if we fill the space between with love that may make everything better....For me it's kind of my theme song for the divorce I went though,funny how songs have so much meaning to ya.... also I saw DMB live they are so good.......

Wow, I love this song because of how well I can relate to it. "The Space Between What's wrong and right. Is where you'll find me hiding, waiting for you" is symbolic of a relationship that is not accepted in society. 'Hiding' their love is the only option this couple faces due to either age difference, ethnicity, homosexuality, etc. They must wait for the right time to be together although the love they share won't wait. "The wicked lies we tell. And hope to keep us safe from the pain" Since they refuse to wait, they must keep it very secretive and lie to protect themselfs from the outside world. In a perfect world, they'd be the perfect couple but since there is no such thing as a perfect world, they must deal with the consequences of their situation. And dealing with such makes them realize how crazy they are for eachother and how they are willing to put it all on the line just to be together. And that is true love.

I think this song was written from the prospective of the guy's last-ditch attempt to convice his partner that their relationship is not beyond redemption. I get the impression his partner has already yielded to what seems like a hopeless situation, whilst he is eager to confront the hopelessness and prove that he is what she needs. Some of the most profound lyrics DMB has written in this one!!

I think this song is about daves relationship between him and God, about how he feels right after his sister was murdered. I know the timeing is off from when she died and the song was written but i think they sound like they are hand in hand

This is about physical space...seeing, feeling, knowing, leaving. Time will pass, and the two will go through time knowing, believing, and having witnessed it. And they will both wait. He is telling her she had better. You can run, but you can't hide.

They both know what they saw. They both couldn't quite grasp it until it was done. And they know they are in it together, forever, although physically apart. There were no words exchanged, just left with something that no words can explain. Give and take. You can't just walk away. Acknowledge it. Not forbidden, just unfinished. There were no words exchanged at all, but just a knowing. Spending time thinking in words and engaging in conversation fills the space of time (every day life), until they can reach the divine. Get it?

And that is also what the whole theme of the album Everyday is about--every single song. Also the Lilywhite Sessions. A message in a bottle really. Everyday was just a more uplifting take on the theme of Lilywhite.

This song holds a special meaning cause it describes ME!! The LOVE of my life gave me this song to litsen to and it describes our FORBINDDEN relationship. "The space between what's wrong & right is where you will find me hiding waiting for you" I live by that and hope that the "time" will be right for us some day.

"The wicked lies we tell
And hope to keep us safe from the pain"


This part can be interpretated as a secret and unforbideen relationship
as well as the little lies that you say, day by day, just to make the other person happy. Because we all know that the truth is not always the best way. You can go with the tough truth to everywhere, you have to negociate some things just to make the realtionship works...

i think this song is about two people who are pulled apart by distance and even though when they are together everything is perfect and they make each other laugh and are completely happy, when they are away the distance kills and makes them doubt, fight, cry, and talk and talk about everything but never get anywhere(waste the hours with talking, these games we play), he just hopes they don't fail, b/c things seem so hard being apart that maybe she thinks it isn't worth it, he doesn't want the relationship to fail b/c he knows how happy they are together, even though its shit being apart everything to him is worth it in the end and he doesn't want this ship to go down. great song.

YouConn: Yeah, I agree. Everyday seemed too commercial for the band. But this song itself is great - I heard it first on The Gorge, which has to be my favorite live album, and these guys always make a song different with each performance. The studio version of this song hardly compares with the live one.

I think hes saying that relationships are going to have down points. The space between these downpoints are what keep two people together.

The Space Between
The tears we cry
Is the laughter keeps us coming back for more

I believe this song has a powerful message of lovers who are meant for each other eventually, but for the meantime life has other plans for them. When the time is right they will be together. There is love between the two, but only one is strong enough to truly let the other know. The other believes their strength is in hiding this love within, and so they are doing this. The one who sings the song is trying to let them know that what they have is real, and they shouldn't be afraid of the emotions..they will wait for them.
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.

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Lately this song reminds me of my ex. It makes me think of a two people who used to be madly in love but aren't together anymore. And the now they're friends, but there's still that same chemistry between them. Yet, they play "twisted games" with each other when they're together, anything to not acknowledge that there's still a connection between them ("wicked lies" "fickled, fuddled words confuse me, like 'will it rain today?'"). The song's perspective is from the person who realizes there's still love there despite their rough patches and differences, but he's too scared to say anything. So he's just waiting until his love comes around to acknowledge it too.

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.

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My take on this song is something like Peppermint's. Although I'm not sure I see it as a break up. I think its about patience. And about feeling strongly for someone who is afraid and so they put their guard up. Think about it.. if someone is always fights your love, you start wondering if you should keep giving it.. Your guard goes up too. Then you are both on some weird roller coaster that doesnt need to be.. if they would only just relax and enjoy the good with you! Yet as the one more sure about it all, the lyrics speak about how even though it becomes warring hearts and even if she may of freaked, "going off like the devil in the middle of a crowded room" at the base of his heart he knows she is just putting a wall because she is scared and thinks it will keep her "safe from the pain".

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.