Written by Niki Kennedy
Produced by Niki Kennedy and Shane Stephenson
Mixed by Shane Stephenson
Mastered by Brock McFarlane (CPS Mastering)
Artwork by Niki Kennedy

L I S T E N

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN

special thanks

Adam Mah, Allen Chastain, April Martin, Clarissa Diokno, Dan Targonsky, DeAnna MacArthur, Doug Herbert, Jimmy Bobowski, John Isom, Karina Andrus, Kim Whitford, Larry Smith, Maria Rubena, Mary Giantsopoulos, Matt Day, Mum & Dad, Neil Brockman, Shane Stephenson, Steph Jackson, Verena Schleich, Yvette Rasmussen, Zenica Mann, Sofie, Keenan, & Duke

track 01:

revolution

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Kimberly Taylor

    • Niki Kennedy

    • Steph Jackson

    Percussion:

    • João Paulo Drumond

    Upright Bass:

    • Itaiguara Brandão

    Special Thanks (Reo):

    • Maria Rubena

    • Zenica Mann

  • Oh, loving is a revolution
    Ooh
    Ooh, yeah
    Oh

    If we led with what we could give 
    If we said, oh, that people come first
    If we lived in harmony
    We'd blend into a grand tapestry 
    Coz oh, loving is a revolution
    Oh yeah, loving is a revolution

    And then renewed self-belief 
    Would ascend through unity
    A rise in collective peace
    Nothin' funny bout understanding

    We've got to find, we've got to find, we've got to find a way

    Through love
    Loving is a revolution 
    Let me hear you say that love
    Loving is a revolution
    And we've got to find a way back to the garden
    Coz love, loving is a revolution

    And oh, delusions aren't free
    And it's hate that's dividing
    Can we beg for mercy
    Before we stop breathing?

    And I know, and I know that I'm asking for more 
    But the thoughts overflow in a plea
    And I know, and I know they say this is our fate
    But I just have to disagree

    We've got to find, we've got to find, we've got to find a way 
    We've got to find, we've got to find, we've got to find our way

    Through Love
    Loving is a revolution 
    Let me hear you say that love  
    Loving is a revolution
    And we've got to find a way back to the garden
    Coz oh, loving is a revolution

    I te aro'a atu, i te aro'a mai 
    I te aro'a atu, i te aro'a mai 

    Ooh
    Hey, yeah
    Oh
    We've got to find a way back to the garden

    Through love, loving is a revolution
    Let me hear you say 
    Love, loving is a revolution, baby
    Loving is a revolution, babe
    Ooh

    Loving is a revolution
    Love, loving is a revolution

track 02:

every time

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Pedro Fonte

    Electric Guitar:

    • Han Jun Ryu

  • I need a moment to take a deep breath
    To hide from monsters invading my head
    Is there anybody out there who feels the way I do
    Is there anybody searching for the truth

    Every time I feel 
    Like I can't seem to paint outside the lines
    Every time I feel that fire
    Every time I feel 
    I'm running the risk of losing sight
    Every time I feel alive

    Can you hear the river calling
    Bathe in gentle dewdrops falling

    Wash away the burdened load weighing down your mind  

    So many shades of rose-tinted lies
    Miles apart through a fashioned divide
    Is there any point in fighting with signs so clear to see
    Is there anybody listening with empathy

    Every time I feel 
    Like I can't seem to paint outside the lines
    Every time I feel that fire
    Every time I feel 
    I'm running the risk of losing sight
    Every time I feel alive

    Can you hear the river calling
    Bathe in gentle dew drops falling
    Wash away the burdened load weighing down your mind  

    To the river
    To the water
    Cleanse the fear that pulls you under
    Clear the clouds to look up toward the golden sky
    To the river
    To the water
    Cleanse the fear that pulls you under
    Trust the earth in finding what makes you feel alive

    Every time I feel 
    Like I can't seem to paint outside the lines
    Every time I feel that fire
    Every time I feel 
    I'm running the risk of losing sight
    Every time I feel alive

    To the river (Can you hear the river calling)
    To the water (Bathe in gentle dew drops falling)
    Cleanse the fear that pulls you under
    Wash away the burdened load weighing down your mind  

    To the river (Can you hear the river calling)
    To the water (Bathe in gentle dew drops falling)
    Cleanse the fear that pulls you under
    Trust the earth in finding what makes you feel alive
    Every time

track 03:

gardenias

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Adam Mah

    • Kimberly Taylor

    • Niki Kennedy

    • Shane Stephenson

    • Steph Jackson

    • Tim Charman

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Adam Alesi

    Bass:

    • André Vasconcellos

    Cello:

    • Ben Trigg

    Violin:

    • Nisa Addina

    Percussion:

    • João Paulo Drumond

  • Ten years have flown by
    Feels like yesterday
    And even though life goes on
    The emptiness remains

    And when I find I don't know where to turn
    I look for ways to hold you close

    I feel you in the sunlight as it touches my face
    I see you in the butterflies as they dance about their day
    And in the moments when I feel so alone
    The scent of gardenias brings me back home

    French braids and flower crowns
    Hymns hummed in perfume
    The warmth those memories bring me
    Keep me close to you

    So I found myself at the nursery and now
    I have these seeds to love and grow

    I feel you in the sunlight as it touches my face
    I see you in the butterflies as they dance about their day
    And in the moments when I feel so alone
    The scent of gardenias brings me back home

    I feel you in the sunlight as it touches my face
    I see you in the butterflies as they dance about their day
    And in the moments when I feel so alone
    The scent of gardenias

    I feel you in the sunlight as it touches my face
    I see you in the butterflies as they dance about their day
    And in the moments when I feel so alone
    The scent of gardenias brings me back home

track 04:

through the night

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Pedro Fonte

    Bass:

    • André Vasconcellos

    Electric Guitar:

    • Davi Mello

    Saxophone:

    • Yuri Villar

  • Gotta find a way home
    Been so long since I was by your side 
    Won’t go another day, no
    Gotta find my way to you tonight

    Too much time away
    Even though you’re always on my mind
    So what would you say

    If I got into my ride, hit the road and drive until I get to you, ooh
    You know I’ll go

    All through the night 
    All through the night, yeah
    All through the night, oh
    Time don’t mean a thing as long as I can find my way on home to you

    Funny how things change though
    Once upon a time left you behind
    But now I’ve come to know 

    That I can’t wait anymore so I close up, lock the door, and run to you, ooh
    You know I’ll go

    All through the night 
    All through the night, yeah
    All through the night, oh
    Time don’t mean a thing as long as I can find my way on home to you

    Time don’t mean a thing
    Know where I should be 
    Gotta find my way back to you 

    All through the night 
    All through the night, yeah
    All through the night, oh
    Time don’t mean a thing as long as I can find my way on home to you

    You, you, hey
    Find my way back to you, ooh 

track 05:

relax

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Christiano Galvão

    Pedal Steel:

    • Steve Lewis

  • Gotta get away from this
    Gotta get away
    Gotta find the sunshine and waves
    So what do you say we split?
    So what do you say?
    Let’s find a little island and escape 

    Give me the water so blue
    Clear crystal tides to see through
    Fresh as the salt smell in the air
    Give me the golden beach
    Warm underneath my feet 
    Nurturing soles as they lay bare

    Oh relax
    Oh, Life is meant for living
    Oh relax
    Oh, Life is meant for living  

    Relax
    Your life is meant for living 
    Love your life
    Relax
    Your life is meant for living 
    Love your life

    Soaking up the ocean breeze
    Soaking up the rays
    Wishing I could find a way to stay

    Living for the clarity
    Living for today
    Feeling my worries melt away

    Glistening water so blue
    Can’t get enough of this view
    And the salt wind blowing in my hair

    Walks on the golden beach
    How could I ever leave?
    Breathing in love without a care

    Oh relax
    Oh, Life is meant for living
    Oh relax
    Oh, Life is meant for living  

    Relax
    Your life is meant for living 
    Love your life
    Relax
    Your life is meant for living 
    Love your life

    Melt the stress away
    Wash your worries in the ocean
    Melt the stress away
    Love the beauty life is made of 

    Oh relax
    Oh, Life is meant for living
    Oh relax
    Oh, Life is meant for living  

    Relax
    Your life is meant for living 
    Love your life
    Relax
    Your life is meant for living 
    Love your life

track 06:

i’ll never give up

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Chris Barber

    Bass:

    • Pablo Arruda

    Cello:

    • Ben Trigg

    Pedal Steel:

    • Steve Lewis

  • Still of the sunrise 
    Flowers of May
    Every softly tinted cotton candy-coloured cliché

    Whistles as the wind blows
    Falling rain 
    Only you could help me see the beauty in moody days

    And oh, I give you all of my love
    And oh, I vow I'll never give up
    Ooh, I'll never give up on us

    Late lie-in mornings
    Time moves slow
    Whispered little nothings I'd like to cast in gold

    Lazy Sunday Coffee
    Dreaming of the ways
    We can run from it all and build our version of home someday

    And oh, I give you all of my love
    And oh, I vow I'll never give up
    Ooh, I'll never give up on us

    If I could take each candid smile and Polaroid my mind
    To hold on to these moments for the rest of all time

    If I could have forever, it wouldn't be enough
    It won't be long enough
    But I won't give up

    Ooh, I'll never give up 

    Ooh, I'll never give up

track 07:

meant to be

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Pedro Fonte

    Bass:

    • André Vasconcellos

    Acoustic Guitar:

    • Davy Bergier

    Pedal Steel:

    • Steve Lewis

    Background Vocals:

    • Adam Mah

    • Kimberly Taylor

    • Niki Kennedy

    • Shane Stephenson

    • Steph Jackson

    • Tim Charman

  • Driving out to the mountaintops
    Trying to find what I thought I’d lost
    Hoping somewhere there’d be a piece of me

    Dreams of new cities every night
    While longing for quiet country life
    Seeking answers in the alpine breeze 

    I won’t lie, by now I thought I’d be further ahead
    But when you spend your life running, I guess that’s what you get 

    When I see the mountains and their snow-capped peaks
    It always reminds me that I need to breathe
    And when I feel the ocean underneath my feet
    I know I am where I am meant to be

    Lately time feels overrun
    As if it’s gone before it’s begun
    Without a moment to find the ground

    But with the sunset I feel a shift
    As I try to make all the pieces fit 
    When did the silence get so loud? 

    Maybe I’m not exactly where I thought I’d be by now
    But I’m still here and what a gift to live the ups and downs

    When I see the mountains and their snow-capped peaks
    It always reminds me that I need to breathe
    And when I feel the ocean underneath my feet
    I know I am where I am meant to be

    Coast calling 
    Free falling 
    Letting go 
    Coast calling 
    Free falling 
    Letting go 

    When I see the mountains and their snow-capped peaks
    It always reminds me that I need to breathe
    And when I feel the ocean underneath my feet
    I know I am where I am meant to be

track 08:

i don’t think about you

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Adam Alesi

    Acoustic Guitar:

    • Davy Bergier

    Electric Guitar:

    • Gabor Udvarhelyi

    Lap Steel:

    • Samuel Fox

  • Four months since we parted ways
    And I'm not sure where I stand
    How quickly everything can change
    And I don't know who I am

    Seems I lost my way and fought to stay 
    With nowhere left to grow
    But as time turned slow, it came to show
    That I could let you go

    It's that feeling
    It's the way it fell in place as you were leaving
    And how I had to face the fear of being all alone on the kitchen floor 
    Hoping I could work toward healing 
    'Til I don't think about you anymore
    Anymore
    Anymore

    No one told me just how hard
    It is to play pretend
    To come out on the other side 
    And love myself again

    But I won't let go of holding hope coz I know where I've been 

    And it's that feeling
    It's the way it fell in place as you were leaving
    And how I had to face the fear of being all alone on the kitchen floor 
    Hoping I could work toward healing 
    'Til I don't think about you anymore

    I know it'll take a little time 
    Gotta find a little patience, knowing it will all be fine
    Need to figure out the things that make me feel the most alive
    Shut the door and turn out the light

    Coz it's that feeling
    It's the way it fell in place as you were leaving
    And how I had to face the fear of being all alone on the kitchen floor 
    Hoping I could work toward healing 
    'Til I don't think about you anymore
    Anymore

    I don't think about you anymore

track 09:

that love

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Adam Alesi

    Bass:

    • André Vasconcellos

    Electric Guitar(s):

    • Davi Mello

    Davy Bergier

  •  Ooh, I’ve been thinking 
    That it might be time
    To lower expectations
    And free my mind

    Leave behind what’s broken
    No more begging to be adored 
    My lovin’ and devotion
    Shouldn’t be ignored 

    In the back of the cab, as I’m looking ahead at the future I want to know 

    Love
    Oh, that love, yeah
    That’s how I wanna feel 
    Love
    All that love, yeah
    That’s how I wanna feel   

    No more overthinking
    It ain’t worth the fight
    Lean into inspiration
    And it’ll be alright

    Keep my heart wide open
    Faith in myself restored
    Listen to the moment
    For its fierce reward 

    So I’m throwing my all into trusting the fall and the freedom of letting go

    Love
    Oh, that love, yeah
    That’s how I wanna feel 
    Love
    All that love, yeah
    That’s how I wanna feel   

    The time that I’ve been wasting 
    Illusions I’ve been chasing
    The fear that I could never be enough
    Too long I spent just waiting
    For someone to try and change me
    When I am more than worthy of love

    Love
    Oh, that love, yeah
    That’s how I wanna feel 
    Love
    All that love, yeah
    That’s how I wanna feel   

    Ooh, yeah
    That’s how I, that’s how I wanna feel

track 10:

big feelings

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Ukarere:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Chris Barber

    Saxophone:

    • Yuri Villar

    Background Vocals:

    • Adam Mah

    • Kimberly Taylor

    • Niki Kennedy

    • Shane Stephenson

    • Steph Jackson

    • Tim Charman

  • Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    I got Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings

    Woke up this morning to the sounds of the land 
    Buzzing in beauty as the day began
    Feet on the ground, feel the earth in my soul
    Healing and hearing its stories untold

    Close are the waves that are calling
    Deep is the place I call home
    The way that I’m held by it all makes the pieces whole 
    It’s giving me

    Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    I got Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    And in my heart, te aro’a, 
    Yeah, it’s the loving that’s lifting me up
    And giving me Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings

    Sweet conversation, coffee dates
    Talking bout life and the good old days
    Spending the moments, no place to be
    Laughter and love make the best memories

    Close are the waves that are calling
    Wind in my hair as it blows
    The sun as it wakens my spirit in rays of gold
    It’s giving me

    Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    I got Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    And in my heart, te aro’a, 
    Yeah, it’s the loving that’s lifting me up
    And giving me Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings

    It took time to learn just how precious every day could be
    I’ve been everywhere in search of what was right in front of me 
    It’s in the land and the sky from the roots to the canopies 
    And it’s in loving, it’s in family
    So I got 

    Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    I got Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    And in my heart, te aro’a, 
    Yeah, it’s the loving that’s lifting me up
    And giving me Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings

    Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings
    I got Big Feelings, ah
    Big Feelings

track 11:

right here

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Drums:

    • Kim Whitford

    Bass:

    • André Vasconcellos

    Electric Guitar:

    • Ruben Dela

    Background Vocals:

    • Adam Mah

    • Kimberly Taylor

    • Niki Kennedy

    • Shane Stephenson

    • Steph Jackson

    • Tim Charman

  • I’m not always proud of the choices I’ve made
    Questionable decisions, where I’ve placed blame 
    And though it’s a journey, not a losing game 
    Through it all, you’ve loved me the same 

    And I won’t pretend it hasn’t been tough
    As we tried to figure out who we are but

    Right here in the quiet moments
    Right here in the pit of doubt
    Right here when all I felt was everything and nothing babe
    Right here is what love’s all about

    I never believed when they said it shouldn’t be hard
    Thought they’d read too many stories and it softened their hearts
    But you made it feel easy and so it made me start
    Believing in the beauty of a solid kind of love

    And though there’s still room for us to grow
    I’m so lucky to get to call you my home

    Right here in the quiet moments
    Right here in the pit of doubt
    Right here when all I felt was everything and nothing babe
    Right here is what love’s all about

    Right here in the quiet moments
    Right here in the pit of doubt
    Right here when all I felt was everything and nothing babe
    Right here is what love, love, love’s all about

track 12:

living

  • Lead Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Background Vocals:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Keyboards:

    • Niki Kennedy

    Cello:

    • Ben Trigg

    Violin:

    • Nisa Addina

    Acoustic Guitar:

    • Pedro Silveira

  • If the trees could speak
    Would they share with me
    That the year has been rough
    That the drought hit them hard
    But the roots in the ground remain strong?
    That a lot can be shared
    And that giving is where 
    We can build a foundation from
    And that’s living
    Living

    And then there’s the leaves 
    Would they tell me
    That each year, though they fall 
    They come back just as sure 
    In the wake of a beautiful spring
    That they drink from the rain
    To give colour and shade 
    And a home for everything
    And that’s living
    Living

    Maybe I could learn a thing or two
    If anything, the world around me’s proof 
    Seasons change, but so do you and me
    And that’s just living

    If the birds should sing
    I am listening
    To the sound of their song as they frolic and call 
    And display their magnificent wings 
    To the way that I fall more in love with it all
    In the comfort of beautiful things
    Coz that’s living
    Living