We didn’t see the lines redraw They moved beneath what we once saw No shaking ground, no warning flare Just thinner truth in open air We told ourselves it’s still intact Just small adjustments to the act No need to question, no need to split It never felt like more than a bit It wasn’t loud enough to fear Just quiet comfort dressed as change Shift by bit, it slipped away We called it normal, day by day No sudden crack, no warning sign Just blurred out edges of the line Shift by bit, we let it grow So quiet we would never know We didn’t fall — we slowly fit Into the shape of shift by bit We signed the terms we never read Repeated words that others said Adjusted tone, adjusted view Until the strange felt almost true No headline moment, no loud event Just steady drift in slow descent We stayed because it felt secure And called the compromise mature It didn’t break, it didn’t burn Just tiny shifts at every turn Shift by bit, we felt it bend But told ourselves it’s just a trend No breaking point, no violent split Just softer walls in shift by bit Shift by bit, we lost the weight Of words that once would separate No crash, no fire, no open rift Just who we became in shift by bit Nothing shattered, nothing screamed Nothing looked like what it seemed We let the dim replace the bright And called the fading something right We watched the borders reorganize We saw it happen in our eyes No grand design, no sudden hit Just everything in shift by bit Shift by bit, the quiet slide Nothing shattered, nothing cried No thunderclap, no headline hit Just thinner lines in shift by bit Shift by bit, it felt so small Until we couldn’t see at all Just what we missed in shift by bit Shift by bit
