[Intro: Smooth Groove]
(Yeah... uh-huh)
(First shift rising)
(Listen close)
[Verse 1: R&B Vocals]
I was mapping out the distance, trying to justify the wall (Yeah, the wall)
November in the rain, I thought the driving said it all
Driving over an hour down a dead-end, twisted road
While you were in the quiet, waiting to share the load (Share the load, babe)
Always checking in, staying steady, keeping time
While I was waking from the shadows, trying to find what's mine (Find what’s mine)
[Pre-Chorus: Bass Build]
Three years on the graveyard shift, but you're stepping into the sun (Rising up!)
Changing up your rhythm for the life that we've begun... (We just begun)
I realized if I could chase the chaos through the night
Why haven't I given the steady ground a chance to make it right? (Make it right, yeah)
[Beat Drop]
[Chorus: Explosive Belt]
'Cause you’re a quiet kind of steady, an open-hearted space! (So steady!)
Holding all my history and wreckage with your grace (With your grace!)
No more hiding in the dark, no more secrets to repeat
Just a highway on a Saturday where parallel pieces meet (We meet, we meet!)
Yeah, we're stepping into the light! (Into the light)
Leaving the night shift behind! (Leave it behind, oh!)
[Post-Chorus: Catchy Vocal Hook]
Over an hour out to Reading, yeah (Reading, yeah)
First shift, first shift, rising up (Rising up)
No pulling away, no pulling away (No, no)
Yeah, we're stepping in the light today!
[Verse 2: Warm Groove]
Grounded Christian roots, rewriting those Witness lines
Two Irish twins who finally learned to read the signs (I see you, yeah)
You’ve got your daughter, got your boy navigating through the clear
And I don’t feel like a distraction when I'm standing right here (Right here)
'Cause when the morning broke, the walls didn't appear
Intimacy over and over, keeping you right near (Keeping you right near, mmm)
[Bridge: Climax Build]
You didn't pull away... (No) you didn't rush to wash the skin (Never that!)
You stayed right by my side, letting the genuine warmth pour in (Pour it in, baby)
No more watering a hollow seed, begging for a crumb
Yeah, look at what we've begun! (Look what we started, oh!)
[Guitar Solo: Soulful R&B]
(Oh, yeah...)
[Chorus: Maximum Energy]
'Cause you’re a quiet kind of steady, an open-hearted space! (So steady!)
Holding all my history and wreckage with your grace (With your grace!)
No more hiding in the dark, no more secrets to repeat
Just a highway on a Saturday where parallel pieces meet (Parallel pieces meet!)
[Post-Chorus: Catchy Vocal Hook]
Over an hour out to Reading, yeah (Reading, yeah)
First shift, first shift, rising up (Rising up)
No pulling away, no pulling away (No, no)
Yeah, we're stepping in the light today!
[Outro: Smooth Fade]
Saturday night in Reading... (Saturday night)
You stayed right here. (You stayed right here)
You didn't pull away.
First shift rising. (Rising up)
Just the sun. (Ooh, just the sun)
Steady ground, yeah. (Steady ground)
[Fade Out]
[End]
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