[Intro – intimate female alto, Rhodes and finger snaps] I kept one shoulder’s width beside me While the room went wall to wall. Every time the doorway opened, I looked up before the song. No sign above it, No promise you’d be there. I just knew if you came looking, You should find me waiting there. [Pre-Chorus – bass enters, filtered pulse rising] You don’t need the right words. You don’t need the right shoes. I know that almost-turning-round look. I’ve worn it too. [Chorus 1 – restrained lead, gradual lift] I saved you a spot, Right here in the middle. You don’t have to shine, You just have to show up. I saved you a spot. Bring every part of who you are. If the room gets crowded, We’ll make a little— [Full-beat silence] [Massive group shout, full-band drop] MORE! [Post-Chorus – explosive dance-rock groove] Right here! Right here! There’s room beside me. Right here! Right here! Come in your own way. [Verse 2 – buoyant groove, conversational lead] You missed the first verse, came in on the two, Laughed at the wrong line, then sang it through. Someone passed you water, someone learned your name, By the second chorus, nobody moved the same. You danced nothing like me. I liked it that way. We learned each other’s timing Without a word to say. Then the doorway opened. Someone froze there like you. Before I even saw them, You were waving them through. [Pre-Chorus 2 – rising drums and synth] They don’t need the right words. They don’t need the right shoes. You knew that almost-turning-round look. You’d worn it too. [Chorus 2 – full lead, group responses] You saved them a spot, Right here in the middle. (Right here!) They don’t have to shine, They just have to show up. (Show up!) You saved them a spot. Let them bring the way they move. If the room gets crowded, We’ll make a little more! [Post-Chorus – group hook] Right here! Right here! There’s room beside us. Right here! Right here! Come in your own way. [Bridge – bass pulse, claps, voices close and human] One open space Becomes a shoulder. Somebody new Moves one step closer. You learn their name. They catch the next refrain. Then when the doorway opens, They do the same. [Audience break – lead and group response] Show me the space beside you. (RIGHT HERE!) Take one step out together. (RIGHT HERE!) Nobody needs permission. Open it up— [Build – rising piano and live drums] A little more, A little more, There is always room For one voice more. [Final Chorus – maximum lift, plural transformation] WE SAVED YOU A SPOT, RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE! (RIGHT HERE!) You don’t have to shine, You just have to show up! (SHOW UP!) WE SAVED YOU A SPOT. BRING EVERY PART OF WHO YOU ARE! If the room gets crowded, WE’LL MAKE A LITTLE MORE! [Final Post-Chorus – full ensemble] Right here! Right here! There’s room beside us. Right here! Right here! No one waits outside. WE SAVED YOU A SPOT! WE SAVED YOU A SPOT! WELCOME TO LOVESTOCK! [Hard cut] [Dry female voice, very close] There’s still room.
