“Unpeopled Space” is the second single from Daniel Rossen’s debut album You Belong There.
Surrounded by former logging land and wetlands during his time in upstate New York, Rossen was trying to beat the unbeatable by clearing the brush around his home. In an interview with NPR, he explained how th...
[Chorus 1]
Ten years gone, was it worth it
Is the answer clear?
And after all, and after all
Nothing's lost, when there's nothing
When there's nothing there
Whatever was, whatever will
We belong here now
[Verse 1]
Unpeopled space, toils without complaint
Obliterates as it reclaims
Our work for works sake, we're useless in our way
Clear the brush and push the paint
Oh, what a laugh
[Verse 2]
I'm not what I am, when I'm drifting in between
Standing dead and driving rain
The thought that remains, our bodies rise and fall
Spawning, sprawling, lying down
Oh, what a laugh
[Chorus 2]
Words fail, and they're failing
They fail me now
The loss of all, the loss of all
Nothing's lost, when there's nothing
When there's nothing there
Whatever was, whatever will
Well it won't now
Unpeopled Space was written by Daniel Rossen.
Unpeopled Space was produced by Daniel Rossen.
Daniel Rossen released Unpeopled Space on Tue Feb 22 2022.
Daniel Rossen performed a version of “Unpeopled Space” for the first time during Vote Ready, a livestream concert promoting voter registration, on the 14th of August 2020. This was a year and 8 months before the official release.