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the space between you & i

by dave sylvester

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1.
repeat 04:03
repeat our parts again only this time we'll skip the start and then pretend that we're going somewhere together until the end repeat our parts again only this time we'll break apart and then pretend that we'll never share our hearts before we end reveal our hearts again open that one and we can laugh and reconnect and love just like the first time that we met reveal our hearts again open this one speak of hardship and intent and how I'll never be the one to recompense repeat the past again but now you're not as fast as you were then and you won't lend yourself to another man repeat the past again where I'm cast aside for raising my defence against promises I've not broken for revenge repeat our parts again only this time we won't restart again we won't restart again
2.
fall with me 03:45
but wait up you lost me when you said that this love means less to you than whose? my world comes crashing down around me these wounds, they're fresh and run too deep i look up and crimson starts to seep and escape from between my fingers but the pain spreads further inwards after years together i still don't know how i couldn't see we were growing further apart the ground beneath me begins to shake as i lie awake and ruminate about how i'll ever readjust to a new life without you and up to this day the inertia remains i could never choose another you could never be tamed a rising disdain come sunshine or rain you have no retort you could never complain oh how naive i've been this rage it seethes from within but i can't find the words to describe how this feels it's like i never should have bothered i can't find a way to rid myself of you your memory won't ever descease as daybreak returns to remind me that i still can't seem to catch a single minute of sleep well good luck, i hope he makes you whole and i hope you never have to call to say you wished that you could fall with me
3.
sober no more i can feel your gaze taking hold i am fast giving in to the notion of whirlwinds keeping us close we're a tragedy in utero just waiting to happen but we'll feign naivety letting lust take full control of us see i'm really glad she came to see me two days had passed without a word i feared the worst situation choosing her boyfriend over me after my girl leaves but she knows i'll love her better than him a cardinal sin, dictating our every move all rational thought now buried in the past oh how young love will year us apart sober again don't you feel the cold on your skin as.the fear settles in from feeling so lonely around each other we can force ourselves to fix all that is broken but the pieces won't fit together no matter how hard we try in that moment i didn't know any better i thought that we would be invincible ready to take on the world but once we hit rough waters we were drowning in a sea of defeat not coming up for air because we just didn't care enough about us or anybody else
4.
pressure building shattered earth creates this laughter open fire everlasting, luminescent circle in the swirling darkness curl up into the corner you'll evade the repercussions close your eyes, learn to smile it'll be gone in time
5.
we'll spend spend our days we'll spend them fighting for acceptance on a global stage under the eyes of our oppressors some fear to talk some won't even live to see the next day you'll incarcerate the ones that feel the pain the worst way we dream of our plight gunned down like the innocents before us left six feet in the ground along with your monolithic attitudes will you open your eyes to see that we're the ones hurting belligerent lies erode with the privilege you're birthed with and we will rise 'cause we belong here
6.
nascent days 03:27
as we take a step into the fire there is one thing on my mind when we reach the other side will we still be with the one we admire you sound like blessing that's far too good to be true you feel the pressure that's when the doubts rise cause you're not good enough and now you're thinking of running i said i don't wanna know whether i'm gonna go sooner than i need to resting hope on my shoulders and broken soul a glimpse of hope fading slowly a love turned cold
7.
fear 04:41
you'll see when you give a man an inch he'll take ten miles he'll take you for a ride far from here and when you both arrive he'll show you in and it's all smiles and laughter until he locks you in and throws away the key your stomach fills with fear right to your throat the way he lured you in is unconscionable you're pcaing up and down your white walled cell you're praying he'll unlock the door but when he comes he says "don't get your hopes up, you're not leaving any time soon" you see the door is left ajar and the guard is sleeping at his post you'll take a few steps towards freedom before you're on your knees paralysed with fear and when you lose your mind like this all you can do is scream or laugh the promise of a future the let down of a lifetime don't you think that you deserved more
8.
i look inside myself and i hate what i see staring back at me your face says it all now the writing's on the wall now everything has changed suddenly it's changed i can't take you with me months have passed us now and you'll still kick me when I'm down and spit in my face moan on and on about how I'm a disgrace to you i never wanted you to feel this way but what the fuck else am i supposed to say? should i look you in the eye and lie straight to your face? and tell you that i feel the same? i can't take you with me because my love for you never grew
9.
*** 02:30
10.
spectre 04:14
spectre looms overhead and holds me hostage open my mouth to speak but can't ever get the words out i'm always so caught up in my own world i struggle to barely focus on another is this the worst to come this is the furthest i've run is this the furthest i'll ever go? ask yourself were your efforts really worth it severing ties after turning against your own i'm growing tired of listening to your condescending divisive rhetoric how is it that you lack such selfless and empathy why is this the only thing cycling in my head endlessly? craning up at the mountain in front of me lost in myself and my feelings my present self forever yearning to out the past behind me as the future remains hidden in the blink of an eye a season passed us change is still imminent yet we remain patient nostalgia of a weathered home built on frail foundations keeps me in voluntary confinement is this the worst to come? or am I still in the descent? this is the furthest i've run is this the furthest i'll ever go?
11.
ripples 05:11
my heart sinks to see you like this you're breaking bridges, you're burning ties throwing wild accusations around we don't know just what you want cause you're too busy trying to analyse the words of everyone around you dive in to cold water and give yourself to the sea and you won't tell a single soul whereabouts you're gonna be when you're not rising to the surface asphyxiating rapidly they'll say it's far too late to save you watching ripples glide towards me my heart sinks to see you like this i'm in shock and paralysed at the thought of you being around i'm fearful of the impact you'll have although I know it's not really your fault you can't help yourself another way you've grown into somebody we don't know if you're still here we'd love to speak with you again

about

from growing up in a soul-centric household to singing and playing guitar in rock bands, dave sylvester has always strived to follow a less travelled path. as someone who is a dreamer at heart and is inspired equally by the every day and the unfamiliar, his multi-faceted approach to incorporating conceptual ideas in his music reflects this well.

"sometimes it's okay to embrace the experiences we'd rather forget, as they often end up shaping us more than the ones we want to remember." the process of internalising this at a time where interpersonal isolation and familial, romantic and global disharmony felt inescapable is what sparked the creation of the space between you & i.

as the album title suggests, the lyrics explore emotional distance of people via either the snapshot of a personally lived moment, an anxious daydream turned into a story or both blurred into one. pairing that with a genre-agnostic backdrop that features all-alternative nods to indie, hip hop, rnb and drum and bass, the space between you & i presents itself as subdued but sanguine.

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released December 4, 2020

all performances, lyrics, recording, arrangement, mixing, mastering by dave sylvester

cover photography by jen caywood @jencaywood on twitter & ig
art direction by dave sylvester

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