The stories behind The Night Shift Girl

• The Standard Behind "The Night Shift Girl" — A cinematic pop anthem about staying alert all night has more in common with hospital backup-power rules than it might seem.

Lyrics

Florescent miles and a paper badge, the quiet holds its breath

A repair car rolls past empty rooms with a

warning light in red

Cold coffee by the monitor

My hands are steady, barely warm I read the numbers

one by one And faced the waiting storm

No one sees the little choices

No one hears the careful count

But a life can lead on patience

When the smallest light goes out

I am the night shift girl

Keeping the heart of the building alive

One green light, one measured breath

One more reason to open our eyes

When the whole world sleeps behind these doors I hold the line, the

line, I do the work I am the night shift

girl And I will not let the dark decide who we

are

Safety test and another test

Trace every wire and seal

The screen throws back a restless spread I stay

until it heals The hallway hums like distant rain

The clock forgets to move I call the fault,

I clear the fault I prove what I can prove

No applause for a quiet answer

No bright parade for getting through

Just the courage to be certain

When the cost is someone new

I am a night shift girl

Keeping the heart of the building alive

One green light, one measured breath

One more reason to open our eyes

When the whole world sleeps behind these doors I hold the line,

I do the work I am the night shift

Girl, and I will not let the dark decide who we are

And the warning turns to silence

And the final numbers settle clear

I put my palm against the casing

Like a promise no one else can hear

Calm is not the absence of fear

It is staying when fear appears

Patient, precise, still standing I carried this

through the years I am the nicest girl

Keeping the heart of the building alive

Now the green lights fill the room

And the morning is arriving outside

Let the first sun pour through the glass

Let every waiting door unlock I held the line,

I did the work I turned a fragile hour into a

stronger dawn

I am the night shift girl in the

dark Did not decide who we are

The cart rolls back, the coffee cools

The sunrise finds my face

The equipment clears,

the doors begin And hope goes

into place