A song about the paralysis of a relationship in freefall. Sia sketches two people too exhausted to fight, too afraid to leave, locked in a stalemate of silence where the distance between them grows louder than any argument. The lyrics move through stages of deterioration: the endless circular thoughts, the hollow lying side by side, the moment when even the embers of conflict cool to nothing. What remains is resignation, the imagination becoming a refuge from the person beside you.
Originally written for Rihanna, Sia reclaimed 'Space Between' because she connected with it too deeply to let it go. The song carries that ownership lightly; it's a slurred, intimate breakup track that finds its power not in drama but in the weight of what's left unsaid. The chorus returns obsessively to its central image, the space between two people becoming something almost physical, something that drowns out the possibility of repair.
"Space Between" is a track by Sia, from the album This Is Acting, released 26th January 2016. The track is 4:48 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Sia.