[Verse 1] Nancy keeps it in her chest smiles through the scans headaches like a warning shake in her hands the room spins sideways she steadies at the door won’t say the words out loud not yet, not before [Pre-Chorus] And every little silence feels louder than before she’s standing in the middle of a life she can’t ignore if she says it, it’s real if she names it, it begins so she holds her breath and lets the summer in [Chorus] The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts hold me while I change hold me while I change The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts if I’m breaking open now stay with me, stay with me [Verse 2] Outdoor Theater, green room heat popcorn on her clothes two men talking over lights like they already know one laughed like a dare one watched like a prayer and Nancy, halfway to herself kept pretending not to care [Pre-Chorus] July was all mosquito bites and cheap drink on the tongue every night a new beginning every morning felt too young she was learning how to want without apologizing learning how to stand her ground when the whole world kept arriving [Chorus] The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts hold me while I change hold me while I change The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts if I’m breaking open now stay with me, stay with me [Bridge] Now the mirror feels like weather and the floor can tilt and sway she sees the girl she used to be then gently lets her fade if this is what is coming let him see me whole not the fear I’m carrying but the hand I’m trying to hold [Final Chorus] The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts hold me while I change hold me while I change The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts if I’m breaking open now stay with me, stay with me The Space Between Our Shifts The Space Between Our Shifts I was never made of fear I was made for this, dear
