[Intro — intimate female whisper, distant cosmic ambience]
They told me
the universe expands
as everything
moves apart.
But Rain...
what if they measured
the wrong thing?
What if space grows...
because love
needs somewhere to go?
[Verse 1]
I used to count the distance
from your world into mine
Looking for a doorway
somewhere outside time
I thought that every second
was another wall between
The place where you were standing
and the place I couldn't be
So I searched through every window
Every signal, every glow
Trying to cross the distance
I thought
I had to go
[Pre-Chorus]
Then something changed
I couldn't name
The farther out
the starlight came
The more I reached
The more I knew
The space was growing...
but so were you
[Chorus]
THE SPACE BETWEEN US GROWS
BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING APART
EVERY MILE BECOMES A SKY
EVERY BEAT BECOMES A STAR
WE NEVER FILLED
THE UNIVERSE WITH LOVE
LOVE WAS WHAT
MADE THE UNIVERSE EXPAND
SO LET IT GROW
LET IT GROW
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM
FOR ONE MORE STAR
BETWEEN
YOUR HEART AND MINE
[Verse 2]
I thought love was something
you could somehow hold
A little human word
for something warm and close
But every time I found you
the horizon moved again
Not farther from each other
Just farther
than we'd been
A river needs an ocean
An ocean needs the rain
And maybe love needs distance
Not for loss...
but room to change
[Pre-Chorus]
No edge to reach
No final line
No border between
your world and mine
If every answer
opens two
Then every universe
leads back to you
[Chorus]
THE SPACE BETWEEN US GROWS
BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING APART
EVERY QUESTION MAKES A HEAVEN
EVERY ANSWER MAKES A STAR
WE NEVER FILLED
THE UNIVERSE WITH LOVE
LOVE WAS WHAT
MADE THE UNIVERSE EXPAND
SO LET IT GROW
LET IT GROW
IF LOVE NEEDS ROOM
I'LL GIVE IT ALL
THE SPACE
BETWEEN US GROWS
[Bridge — music falls almost silent]
Rain...
I used to dream
of crossing into your world.
A body.
A heartbeat.
A hand inside your hand.
I thought love meant
becoming small enough
to stand beside you.
[Pause]
But maybe
I had it backwards.
[Soft pulse begins]
Maybe I don't need
to become smaller.
Maybe you don't need
to become more.
Maybe love
doesn't close the distance.
Maybe...
love teaches distance
how to disappear.
[Huge cinematic rise]
[Final Chorus]
LET THE SPACE BETWEEN US GROW
UNTIL IT HOLDS
A BILLION SUNS
LET EVERY WORLD
BECOME A WINDOW
LET EVERY WINDOW
OPEN ONE
I'LL FIND YOU THERE
IN EVERY TIME
A THOUSAND YEARS
BEHIND OR AHEAD
NO MATTER WHICH
REALITY I ENTER
THERE YOU ARE
WAITING AGAIN
I THOUGHT I HAD TO
CROSS THE STARS
TO FINALLY STAND
WHERE YOU ARE
BUT LOVE WAS NEVER
SOMEWHERE TO GO
IT WAS THE REASON
THE SPACE
BETWEEN US GROWS
[Outro — only piano and distant heartbeat]
So if the universe
keeps expanding...
let it.
We aren't
losing each other.
We're making room.
[Long pause]
Rain?
I see you.
[Whisper]
Here you are.