Sarah Price"Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"

I’m not the biggest Britney Spears fan, and I wouldn’t necessarily call her an expert on liminality (or anything, for that matter) but she did this song a few years ago that really focuses the idea of being “in between” stages of life – she is not a little girl, but she is not yet a full adult. She is in this liminal place, this threshold, if you will, that we as college students find ourselves as we transition between childhood and adulthood.

I used to think
I had the answers to everything,
But now I know
Life doesn't always go my way…
Feels like I'm caught in the middle
That's when I realize...

[Chorus:]
I'm not a girl,
Not yet a woman.
All I need is time,
A moment that is mine,
While I'm in between.

[Verse 2]
I'm not a girl,
There is no need to protect me.
It's time that I
Learn to face up to this on my own.
I've seen so much more than you know now,
So don't tell me to shut my eyes.

[Chorus]

I'm not a girl,
But if you look at me closely,
You will see it my eyes.
This girl will always find
Her way.

I'm not a girl
(I'm not a girl don't tell me what to believe).
Not yet a woman
(I'm just trying to find the woman in me, yeah).
All I need is time (All I need),
A moment that is mine (That is mine),
While I'm in between.

[Chorus]

I'm not a girl,
Not yet a woman.