The Space Between Songtext
von Illy

Yeah, this a song about life
And all the space at the heart of it
Between what we can′t predict and what we can't forget
Went from on the bus to on stage at the arias, shit
I guess growing up′s a part of it

Turned a bandwagon to a tour bus
Had to put in leg work, it ain't a small jump
Highlight reel like I fantasised that
And life like the train wheels on Frankston line tracks

Gotta roll with it
Ain't always easy but it′s easier than throwing it in
Dust yourself down, go again
Sometimes life remind you, so you don′t forget
Sometimes just surviving is a show of strength

I went number one, partied, woke up, and went to work on the next
'Cause you earn what you get
But fuck ballin′, my measure of success
Was when mum retired I could promise her
She'd never need to stress


Someway, somehow it all worked out
A ′lotta hard lessons but they're sure learn now
Me and Southside Melbourne are always bound
No matter where on this little blue ball I′m found

Never needed y'all to say I'd do it, ′cause I knew it
You get what you give, and I gave my life to it
And if I had the time over again
I′d do it all, yeah, every last thing, yeah, every last thing

Ah man, what a trip, what a trip
I guess I could, I guess I did, so
Tell 'em it can wait it ain′t over nowhere close
Nah man, don't you blink, don′t you blink
'Cause you could miss, yeah you could miss
All the things that matter most, so pour up ′cause

Here's to where we going
And where we been
Uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh
And everything still waiting in the space between
Uh-uh-uh
In the space between


Do you remember? I told ya long time ago
That when I get there you'll know
And I ain′t there yet, I′m still down for the ride, so I'ma roam
I′ll see you where the rubber meet the road
People asking "Where you been?"
Between here and now and there and then
Where to start, fell apart, and rebuilt again

Got a few less friends, got back a brother
So my other brother got married with two best men
Lost love, yeah and fell back in
Wrote the album, rewrote the whole album, rewrote it again
I gave my all 'cause Brig said like hell I′d quit
Years from now these the stories I'll tell my kids

And yeah, yeah, this the truth
Whole country had my back when I only had a voice
So, so this for you
A man now but I swear I′ma always be your boy

I grew up in front your eyes
My stories right there between highs and bottom lines
But we're so fixated on making our time count
Chasing dreams but nearly forgetting it's right now
And these are times we don′t get to have twice
So one day we can sit back, talk about our lives, and
All that we did, and how far we done came
Yeah, maybe one day, but not today, not today

Ah man, what a trip, what a trip
I guess I could, I guess I did, so
Tell ′em it can wait it ain't over nowhere close
Nah man, don′t you blink, don't you blink
′Cause it goes quick, yeah it goes quick
And it's gone before you know, so pour up

Here′s to where we going
And where we been
Uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh
And everything still waiting in the space between
Uh-uh-uh
In the space between

Everything we got and all we gained
Everything we lost along the way
Yeah, every path has it's price
In between beginnings and the ends
Between regrets and everything ahead
Yeah, there's so much left to write

So here′s to where we going
And where we been
Uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh
And everything still waiting
In the space between
Uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh

Here′s to where we going
And where we been
Uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh
And everything still waiting in the space between
Uh-uh-uh
In the space between