The Space Between the Frames (Verse 1) Somebody hit pause on the projector of forever, Showed me all the film was just a flicker, not the weather, Every frame I thought was solid was a flash between the black, Every moment I was livin’ was a light I can’t get back, But the black between the pictures — that’s the part that never moved, That’s the screen that holds the movie, that’s the truth I couldn’t prove, ‘Cause you can’t prove the canvas while you’re starin’ at the paint, You just gotta stop the story long enough to see the saint. (Pre-Chorus) And in between the frames is where I found it, Silent as a secret, but it never made a sound, Not a picture, not a plotline, not a moment on the ground — Just the space that’s always holdin’ everything around. (Chorus) I’m the space between the frames, not the story that it’s tellin’, I’m the stillness underneath the wave that keeps on swellin’, Every character I’ve played was just a costume, not a cage, I’m the empty and eternal, I’m the theater, not the stage, Not the flicker, not the picture, not the fiction on the wall — I’m the light behind the lantern, I’m the one that holds it all. (Verse 2) I’ve been actin’ out a lifetime like the lifetime was the point, Missed the silence in between the lines, the pause in every joint, Every ending that I dreaded was a curtain, not a wall, Every openin’ night forgettin’ I’m the one who wrote it all, Now I’m watchin’ my own movie like it’s playin’ just for fun, Laughin’ at the plot twists ‘cause I know how it’s begun, Turns out the director and the audience were always one and the same, Turns out I’ve been findin’ me in every single frame. (Pre-Chorus) And in between the frames is where I found it, Silent as a secret, but it never made a sound, Not a picture, not a plotline, not a moment on the ground — Just the space that’s always holdin’ everything around. (Chorus) I’m the space between the frames, not the story that it’s tellin’, I’m the stillness underneath the wave that keeps on swellin’, Every character I’ve played was just a costume, not a cage, I’m the empty and eternal, I’m the theater, not the stage, Not the flicker, not the picture, not the fiction on the wall — I’m the light behind the lantern, I’m the one that holds it all. (Bridge — slow, spacious, building) Take the film out of the projector, Hold it up against the sun, Every frame’s a different picture, But the light behind is one, Take the picture off the canvas, Fold the canvas into air, Everything that ever happened Is still happenin’ right there, In the space, in the silence, in the pause between the beats, In the gap where all of heaven and the ordinary meet — That’s not empty, that’s not nothin’, That’s not absence, that’s not void, That’s the fullness bein’ quiet, That’s the everything, enjoyed. (Final Chorus — expansive) I’m the space between the frames, not the story that it’s tellin’, I’m the stillness underneath the wave that keeps on swellin’, Every character I’ve played was just a costume, not a cage, I’m the empty and eternal, I’m the theater, not the stage, Not the flicker, not the picture, not the fiction on the wall — I’m the light behind the lantern, I’m the one, the one, the one behind it all. (Outro — hushed) …the space between the frames… …was never empty… …it was home.
