About five years ago now, I wrote the basics of a song which was recorded with my friends Gabriel Sabadi and Chris Georgiou as GSM. I wrote the lyrics after we had nearly finished all the instrumental parts. It was during the first year of the financial crisis, when the idea of money first started to strike me as being not exactly what I'd thought it was in all the years that had gone before. For some reason Gabriel had given the demo we were working on the name "The Space Between" which at first I thought related to the distance between the three of us - I was English and living in Bordeaux, Gabriel was Hungarian but living in a town near Seattle and Chris Georgiou was a Greek Cypriot living near Munich. But then, the more that I thought about that working title, the more I realised that it represented the idea of money: the thing that stops us from doing what we want, that somehow replaces all the things that we really need, that results in us living our lives chasing something which in the end has no value at all.
The song is twelve and a half minutes long, it has a lot of twists and turns, a lot of different styles. Since we finished it and sent it on its way into the ether of the internet, I've probably listened to it more times than any other song in my life, sometimes for the sheer musicality of my two friends, sometimes for the baffling way that three people in three very different places could collaborate so sympathetically with each other, the way the melodies merge together, and sometimes just for the words themselves.
I guess it's what you'd call a progressive rock song, although it borrows bits from the classics, from blues, from rock, from jazz, from pretty much every genre that any of us three had ever frequented. We posted it on our two regular indie sites, mixposure and indiemusicworks, and we had some glowing reviews from our friends on there.
A little while later, Gabriel posted it on an indie music site called Soundclick. There are currently over 250,000 on it in the Rock category. Somehow our song got to number one.
So find yourself a quarter-hour to spare, sit down with a drink of something, click on the link here The space between - GSM and let it take you on a little journey. Here's the lyrics to keep you company...
So find yourself a quarter-hour to spare, sit down with a drink of something, click on the link here The space between - GSM and let it take you on a little journey. Here's the lyrics to keep you company...
in the
beginning there was light and a world yet to be seen
first the day and then the night then the space between
what you want is what you see but what you see is just effect
what you need is something deeper but what you see is what you get
in the space between
it's just another Monday morning and the writing's on the wall...
so take it take it now yeah you can take it all
I've got no use for money no it makes me feel so small
it's just another Monday morning and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing going to happen don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
so what you got what you got now where you are is where I've been
what you see is what you get now it isn't real it's just the space between
between the man and all he wanted between the world and what it's lost
it's like we never knew the value but we always feel the cost
it's nothing new it's just the story of a lifetime
so who made these rules that keep me chasing after all the things
we take from one another
and whose world is this now where everything belongs
and there's no sister and no brother
there's only what it cost to bring them up right
to follow where we've been
there's only what you pay to live from day to day
in the space between
reach out for understanding far beyond the life we know today
widen your small horizons open those eyes another way
in the space between
living in the space between what you see is what you get
living in the space between there's a truth we all forget
we're all so intellectual ideas may come and go
do you know what's coming next or do you follow the ones who think they know
it's just another Monday morning and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing gonna happen so don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
imagine everything is new no rules to tell you what to do
in the space between
first the day and then the night then the space between
what you want is what you see but what you see is just effect
what you need is something deeper but what you see is what you get
in the space between
it's just another Monday morning and the writing's on the wall...
so take it take it now yeah you can take it all
I've got no use for money no it makes me feel so small
it's just another Monday morning and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing going to happen don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
so what you got what you got now where you are is where I've been
what you see is what you get now it isn't real it's just the space between
between the man and all he wanted between the world and what it's lost
it's like we never knew the value but we always feel the cost
it's nothing new it's just the story of a lifetime
so who made these rules that keep me chasing after all the things
we take from one another
and whose world is this now where everything belongs
and there's no sister and no brother
there's only what it cost to bring them up right
to follow where we've been
there's only what you pay to live from day to day
in the space between
reach out for understanding far beyond the life we know today
widen your small horizons open those eyes another way
in the space between
living in the space between what you see is what you get
living in the space between there's a truth we all forget
we're all so intellectual ideas may come and go
do you know what's coming next or do you follow the ones who think they know
it's just another Monday morning and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing gonna happen so don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
imagine everything is new no rules to tell you what to do
in the space between
in the beginning there was light
and a world yet to be seen
first the day and then the night then the space between
what you want is what you see
but what you see is just effect
what you need is something deeper
but what you see is what you get
in the space between
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall...
take it take it now
yeah you can take it all
I've got no use for money
no it makes me feel so small
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing going to happen
don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
so what you got what you got now
where you are is where I've been
what you see is what you get now
it isn't real it's just the space between
between the man and all he wanted
between the world and what it's lost
it's like we never knew the value
but we always feel the cost
it's nothing new
it's just the story of a lifetime
so who made these rules that keep me
chasing after all the things
we take from one another
and whose world is this now
where everything belongs
and there's no sister and no brother
there's only what it cost
to bring them up right
to follow where we've been
there's only what you pay
to live from day to day
in the space between
in the space between
reach out for understanding
far beyond the life we know today
widen your small horizons
open those eyes another way
in the space between
living in the space between
what you see is what you get
living in the space between
there's a truth we all forget
we're all so intellectual
ideas may come and go
do you know what's coming next or
do you follow the ones who think they know
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing gonna happen
so don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
imagine everything is new
no rules to tell you what to do
in the space between - See more at: http://www.mixposure.com/gsm/audio/8241/the-space-between#sthash.L2rW3znN.dpuf
and a world yet to be seen
first the day and then the night then the space between
what you want is what you see
but what you see is just effect
what you need is something deeper
but what you see is what you get
in the space between
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall...
take it take it now
yeah you can take it all
I've got no use for money
no it makes me feel so small
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing going to happen
don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
so what you got what you got now
where you are is where I've been
what you see is what you get now
it isn't real it's just the space between
between the man and all he wanted
between the world and what it's lost
it's like we never knew the value
but we always feel the cost
it's nothing new
it's just the story of a lifetime
so who made these rules that keep me
chasing after all the things
we take from one another
and whose world is this now
where everything belongs
and there's no sister and no brother
there's only what it cost
to bring them up right
to follow where we've been
there's only what you pay
to live from day to day
in the space between
in the space between
reach out for understanding
far beyond the life we know today
widen your small horizons
open those eyes another way
in the space between
living in the space between
what you see is what you get
living in the space between
there's a truth we all forget
we're all so intellectual
ideas may come and go
do you know what's coming next or
do you follow the ones who think they know
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing gonna happen
so don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
imagine everything is new
no rules to tell you what to do
in the space between - See more at: http://www.mixposure.com/gsm/audio/8241/the-space-between#sthash.L2rW3znN.dpuf
in the beginning there was light
and a world yet to be seen
first the day and then the night then the space between
what you want is what you see
but what you see is just effect
what you need is something deeper
but what you see is what you get
in the space between
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall...
take it take it now
yeah you can take it all
I've got no use for money
no it makes me feel so small
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing going to happen
don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
so what you got what you got now
where you are is where I've been
what you see is what you get now
it isn't real it's just the space between
between the man and all he wanted
between the world and what it's lost
it's like we never knew the value
but we always feel the cost
it's nothing new
it's just the story of a lifetime
so who made these rules that keep me
chasing after all the things
we take from one another
and whose world is this now
where everything belongs
and there's no sister and no brother
there's only what it cost
to bring them up right
to follow where we've been
there's only what you pay
to live from day to day
in the space between
in the space between
reach out for understanding
far beyond the life we know today
widen your small horizons
open those eyes another way
in the space between
living in the space between
what you see is what you get
living in the space between
there's a truth we all forget
we're all so intellectual
ideas may come and go
do you know what's coming next or
do you follow the ones who think they know
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing gonna happen
so don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
imagine everything is new
no rules to tell you what to do
in the space between - See more at: http://www.mixposure.com/gsm/audio/8241/the-space-between#sthash.L2rW3znN.dpuf
and a world yet to be seen
first the day and then the night then the space between
what you want is what you see
but what you see is just effect
what you need is something deeper
but what you see is what you get
in the space between
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall...
take it take it now
yeah you can take it all
I've got no use for money
no it makes me feel so small
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing going to happen
don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
so what you got what you got now
where you are is where I've been
what you see is what you get now
it isn't real it's just the space between
between the man and all he wanted
between the world and what it's lost
it's like we never knew the value
but we always feel the cost
it's nothing new
it's just the story of a lifetime
so who made these rules that keep me
chasing after all the things
we take from one another
and whose world is this now
where everything belongs
and there's no sister and no brother
there's only what it cost
to bring them up right
to follow where we've been
there's only what you pay
to live from day to day
in the space between
in the space between
reach out for understanding
far beyond the life we know today
widen your small horizons
open those eyes another way
in the space between
living in the space between
what you see is what you get
living in the space between
there's a truth we all forget
we're all so intellectual
ideas may come and go
do you know what's coming next or
do you follow the ones who think they know
it's just another Monday morning
and the writing's on the wall
ain't nothing gonna happen
so don't kid yourself too much
no don't kid yourself at all
imagine everything is new
no rules to tell you what to do
in the space between - See more at: http://www.mixposure.com/gsm/audio/8241/the-space-between#sthash.L2rW3znN.dpuf
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