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The Space in the Distance

from Making Friends with Ghosts by Kristen Leigh

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We moved in to a place in the summer; we moved to the wrong side of the tracks
We turned our backs to the world that we once knew
to undo the distance between me and you.

On the 22nd day of October, we were to wed in the crisp Autumn breeze.
I thought that it would be like starting over,
but you had another idea up your sleeve.

Black veils and fairy tales I never wanted,
but that was the only charade that we knew.
The honesty hid in the corner and haunted
the space in the distance between me and you.

We fought for days without any reason; we found our cases in bottles of booze.
We tried to fill up the space with the whiskey
to drown out the distance between me and you.

I’m standing alone in the basement; you’re getting high up in front of the tube.
That was something that I never wanted.
And baby, neither did you.

Black veils and fairy tales I never wanted,
but that was the only charade that we knew.
The honesty hid in the corner and haunted
the space in the distance between me and you.

Black veils and fairy tales I never wanted,
but that was the only charade that we knew.
The honesty hid in the corner and haunted
the space in the distance between me and you.

So I hitched a ride to the land of eternal
sunshine, and I’m fine, I just need to
breathe or believe in something much bigger
than the space in the distance between me and you.

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from Making Friends with Ghosts, released August 20, 2010
Featuring Ueli Schweizer on violins.

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Kristen Leigh North Carolina

North Carolina native Kristen Leigh's music blurs the lines between genres and styles, drawing from a diverse range of influences to produce unique, folk-based compositions with orchestral arrangements that are at once playful, provocative, and prophetic. Her emotionally honest lyrics explore themes like vulnerability, poverty, grief, redemption, disillusionment, courage, love, and defiant hope. ... more

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