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space


composers
Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Kevin Hunter


publisher
© EMI Virgin Music / GMW Music / Bucks Music


background
Primarily a Kevin Hunter song, Space was one of the centrepieces of Our Secrets Are The Same, gaining enough attention to be selected as a potential single by Chrysalis in 1999/2000.

It was unofficially premiered by Jordi Tarda on the 21st October 2000.

A sentimental ballad along the lines of Let There Be Love and War Babies, the central chorus was wrapped around the well-known poem:
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have a wish, I wish tonight.

The song was officially unveiled on The Floating World tour, the first from Our Secrets Are The Same to be played live.

"Space being the metaphor for emotional alienation. Walking the same streets physically, yet often spiritually we live on different planets. A universe between us, yet I feel myself still calling out over the music and through the distance." - Jim, Silver Box.




lyrics
The lyrics have never been published: a transcription follows

I'll hurt you if you say I did,
Take you down and your all alone.
Imagination wears you out,
Crying brings you down again.
The dream is over,
The feeling's gone,
If we were something you were dreaming all along.

Star light,
Star bright,
I'm the star you see at night.
And I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Be in your dreams tonight.

Does anybody cut you?
Does anybody let you down?
You're praying for someone soon,
To lie beside you now.

Star light,
Star bright,
I'm the star you see at night.
And I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Be in your dreams tonight.

Star light,
Star bright.

You were saying where you'd take me,
And that's where I'll be found,
But you were sleeping talking dreaming,
Whisper take me now... Yeah star bright.

Star light,
Star bright,
I'm the star you see at night.
And I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Be in your dreams...

The dream is over,
Party's over.
I'm still waiting,
Nothing's falling.
No confusion,
No suspicion,
If you're talking,
I will listen.

Star light,
Star bright,
Be in your dreams tonight.



discography
Unmastered Version (4:14)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich

Our Secrets Are The Same Unmastered CD Our Secrets Are The Same Spanish Unmastered CD Our Secrets Are The Same German Unmastered CD

Album Version (4:15)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich
Mastered by: Simon Heyworth

Our Secrets Are The Same Withdrawn CD Silver Box Promo CD #5 Silver Box




live history
The Floating World Tour: 2002
Alive And Kicking Tour: 2003
Intimate Tour: 2005