The bridge so high the bridge so tall here is where it's started on bridge
The moon is big and yellow and the stars're all aglow
From the bridge I see reflection in the waters far below
You kissed me for the first time here held me awfully tight
And the bridge became our favorite place we came here often in the night
One night while standing on the bridge desire swept through a spoke
Passion took us by the hand and showed us where to go
From the bridge we saw a meadow so we ran together there
Where we found love together hurry motions filled the air
The bridge so wide the bridge so long
Where once we stood together tonight I stand alone
Tonight while standing on the bridge my heart is beating wild
To think that you could leave me here with our unborn child
My feet are moving slowly closer to the edge
I've seen the bridge and the bridge is long
And they built it high and they built it strong
Strong enough to hold the weight of time
Long enough to leave some of us behind
And every one of us has to face that day
Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away
And every one of us that ever came to play
Has to cross the bridge or fade away
Standing on the bridge looking at the waves
Seen so many jump, never seen one saved
On a distant beach your song can die
On a bitter wind, on a cruel tide
And the bridge it shines
Oh cold hard iron
Saying come and risk it all
The bridge, we'll build it now
It may take a lot of time
And it maybe lonely but
Ooh baby, ooh baby.
The bridge was falling down
And that took a lot of lies
And it made me lonely
Ooh baby, ooh baby.
The bridge was falling.
The bridge was falling.
The bridge was falling.
One day, when you talked to me
I saw myself again
And it made me love you.
Ooh baby, ooh baby.
And love came running down
Like a river on your skin
And you let me in.
Ooh babe, ooh babe.
You let me in
You let me in
You let me in
The bridge, we'll build it now
It may take a lot of time.
Down there in the ashes
There's gold and silver too
Dear sister, I try to share with you
?Smug?, you said, take your spoils away
And you broke the bridge on your side
You wither my trouble
And all I dream to do
With half smiles
Until I scream at you
?Mad?, you said, that's how you repay
But you broke the bridge on your side
And where am I, as I swallow your tears?
And the prince with the slipper appears
Do you hack at your heel, do I try not to feel?
I fail with my anger
And with my sympathy
I tremble so little left for me
?Harsh?, you said, now you walk away
But I left the gold for you to find
(Music: Marillion Lyrics: Steve Hogarth & John Helmer)
Staring out over the bridge
A million photo flashes from the water down below
Dawn light bouncing through the mist
The roar of traffic and the crack of police radios
When they ask her name
Would she please explain
She simply chooses to say ... nothing
I know you well enough to tell you've got your reasons
That's not the kind of code you're inclined to break
Some things unknown are best left alone foreverAnd if a vow is what it takes
Haven't you paid for your mistakesAfter the moment passes
And the impulse disappearsYou can still hold back
Because you don't crack very easilyIt's a time-honored resolution
Because the danger is always nearIt's with you now
But that ain't how it was supposed to be
And it's hard to believe after all these years
It still gives you pain and it still brings tearsAnd you feel like a fool
There- this bridge I›e got to cross I feel alone.
A child down to each side and I can˜ carry both.
The bridge is long we could fall down through holes,
water all around; wind, wet and cold.
One child insecure displays the confidence he doesn˜ own,
another child, uncertain, looks around and cries for home.
My bridge is too unstable and the insecurity is letting go.
There- no holding to a crumbling bridge.
When all the time is gone in between it tumbles.
Time to move along... I toss and turn over and over,
trying to dream out anxiety, easy answers to my problems.
Keeping a grip on sanity until the sun comes up
and my mind- fresh and clean.
Crossing the bridge where many lean to see
Over the rail to glance the trembling stream
Others stay to the center fearful it might sway
And all those who would choose to turn back the other way
But you and me have own bridge to cross
Weather worn and sea tossed
We've our own bridge to cross let's not
Make any excuses
I came upon someone's used and yellowed paperback
A collection of dreams and their meanings all conveyed
Seems to dream of a bridge denotes a thousand different things
If the planks are secure or the rope is broke or frayed
But you and me have own bridge to cross
Weather worn and sea tossed
We've our own bridge to cross let's not
Make any excuses
Na na na
You and me have own bridge to cross
Weather worn and sea tossed
We've our own bridge to cross let's not
I've watched her from the river banks
I knew her when she danced with dreams
White doves were there to dress her hair
And so was Madelaine
At night the people's faces danced
Like pearls colliding on the breast
Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh
Was just a thread from crying
Her sailors stained her cobblestones
With wine and piss and death desire
And sometimes blood for Madelaine
Whose laughter was the night
Her girls would lift their dresses high
and breathe the stars and kiss the sky
She'd smother them with whispers then
Embrace them with her sighs
Before the bottle dulled my eyes
And made me so I couldn't stand
I'd overact and play the clown
When Madelaine would cry
And now I watch from riverbanks
I watch it weave it's memories
White doves turned gray and flew away
There she went she took the walk of life...
the walk of death her life was hard she painted
herself in a corner now she can't get out the
bridge is near and death is just a step away
who cares? Nobody cares if she lives or dies
she wanted the easy way out and there's nothing
left for her in this world
and there's no reason for her to go on
and then she thinks what might have been
all of the things that she should of had
maybe things will change from now on... Yeah
but it's too late she has already jumped
and what a shame she changed her mind
no turning back she's done it now
just another lost soul claimed by the bridge
she wanted the easy way out
and there's nothing left for her in this world
(Tom Kimmel/Jim Pittman)
Sometimes I wonder what's the right thing
Maybe you could let me know
We were struck by lightning
A long time ago
No one else's vision
Ever let me see
How your good intentions
Cast their spell on me
Now there's a bridge I can't get over
There's a weight I can't get under
It's a dream I still remember
But it won't come true
If there's a lesson I would learn it
I would cross it now or burn it
But there's a bridge I can't get over between me and you
Love can take some crazy side streets
It can twist and turn you around
Looking for the straight and narrow
Doubt it can be found
When life's hesitation sets somebody free
Baby in your wisdom, shine your grace on me
Now there's a bridge I can't get over
There's a weight I can't get under
It's a dream I still remember
But it won't come true
If there's a lesson I would learn it
I would cross it now or burn it
But there's a bridge I can't get over between me and you
And I have lived with indecision
And hoped without a reason
Now I'm tired of all this self-pity, baby
Give me the room to leave
If there's a lesson I would learn it
I would cross it now or burn it
But there's a bridge I can't get over
Between me and you
Uncle Jack, when i look back, sent a lot down to me. my mom would say we both seemed to be the life of the party. he was a picker, and a drinker. he took one step over the edge. a drinker, and he ended up with some debt i guess. nobody knows what really happened. the river was swollen when they found him in it, and it rained all weekend on the bridge leaving town. this is how i see it. this is not something i was told. i envisioned it to be dark, wet, and cold. if he jumped, or if he fell, no one knows. but ive got a different picture for each one of those. i was a baby. and we never really met, its really sad, i guess. he was a musician, just like his nephew and if he couldve i wouldve wanted him to teach me. but all i ever got from him, Uncle Jack, was his need to stop drinking.
Uncle Jack, when i look back, sent a lot down to me. my mom would say we both seemed to be the life of the party. he was a picker, and a drinker. he took one step over the edge. a drinker, and he ended up with some debt i guess. nobody knows what really happened. the river was swollen when they found him in it, and it rained all weekend on the bridge leaving town. this is how i see it. this is not something i was told. i envisioned it to be dark, wet, and cold. if he jumped, or if he fell, no one knows. but ive got a different picture for each one of those. i was a baby. and we never really met, its really sad, i guess. he was a musician, just like his nephew and if he couldve i wouldve wanted him to teach me. but all i ever got from him, Uncle Jack, was his need to stop drinking.
On the bridge made of stone
Stands a man all alone
The bridge was his motivation
It worked him to the bone
With every nail that he drove, it drove him farther from his own
In his punishing isolation, but the bridge just feels like home
She didn't feel quite the same
She despised the bridge and who he became
She left in devastation
She left him there in shame
He said, "I don't understand, this was not part of the plan..."
But it got lost in the translation
Like a castle made of sand
In all the years he's spent struggling
He's been haunted at every turn
He fights the fear as he's growing old
And reminds us in all the he's learned
That we build and burn
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
Here I am all alone
On that bridge made of stone
With smothering motivation, I'm working to the bone
In the end it's what I've known
It's what I hate, but have to show
The bridge is my dedication; the bridge just feels like home
In all the years I've been struggling
I've been haunted at every turn
I the fear as I'm growing old
And remembering all that I've learned
That we build and burn
In all the years he's spent struggling
He's been haunted at every turn
(We'll build and burn)
He fights the fear as he's growing old
And reminds us in all the he's learned
That we build and burn
Burn!
Burn!
Bits of batter cook in the glow
You need the love, you need it to show
Come come come oh now we know
You need the love, you need it to show
(Ooh)
Come and glow
(Ooh)
Its good as ever
Good as ever close
Look at all the sun on the waves
You need the love, you need it today
Come come it's never too late
You need the love, you need it today
(Ooh, ooh)
Come and glow
(Ooh)
Its good as ever
Good as ever close
Meet the sun on bridge out of sight
You need the love, you need it to die
Come come you know that is time
You need the love, you need it to show
(Ooh, hmm)
Come and glow
(Ooh)
Its good as ever
Good as ever close
Ooh, on the bridge
Ooh, on the bridge
Ooh, on the bridge
On the bridge made of stone
Stands a man all alone
The bridge was his motivation
It worked him to the bone
With every nail that he drove, it drove him farther from his own
In his punishing isolation, but the bridge just feels like home
She didn't feel quite the same
She despised the bridge and who he became
She left in devastation
She left him there in shame
He said, "I don't understand, this was not part of the plan..."
But it got lost in the translation
Like a castle made of sand
In all the years he's spent struggling
He's been haunted at every turn
He fights the fear as he's growing old
And reminds us in all the he's learned
That we build and burn
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
Here I am all alone
On that bridge made of stone
With smothering motivation, I'm working to the bone
In the end it's what I've known
It's what I hate, but have to show
The bridge is my dedication; the bridge just feels like home
In all the years I've been struggling
I've been haunted at every turn
I the fear as I'm growing old
And remembering all that I've learned
That we build and burn
In all the years he's spent struggling
He's been haunted at every turn
(We'll build and burn)
He fights the fear as he's growing old
And reminds us in all the he's learned
That we build and burn
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
Some things are better on the other side
I'm always looking for a place to hide
It's kind of harder when you're on the top, well
It's enough to make your belly drop
So please please try try don't give it away Well I know
So please please try try don't give it away, hey no
Come on come on with me to the other side
Come on come on with me, I know you like it right?
Come on come on with me to the other side
'Cause I'll let you go where ever I roam
Yeah yeah
Some things are better on the other side
And I'm always looking for a place to hide
So don't take my hand don't take me anywhere
Your hands are clammy and you're kind of scared
No please please try try don't give it away hey no
So please please try try don't give it away hey no
Come on come on with me, to the other side
Come on come on with me I know you like it right?
Come on come on with me, to the other side
'Cause I'll let you go where ever I roam
Yeah yeah
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Come on come on with me, to the other side
Come on come on with me I know you like it right?
Come on come on with me, to the other side
'Cause I'll let you go where ever I roam
[In background x3]
Come on come on with me
Come on come on with me
Please please try try don't give it away, hey no
So, please please try try don't give it away, hey no
Why don't you come on come with me, to the other side
Come on come on with me! I know you like it right
Come on come on with me, to the other side
Ladies and Gentleman
We got MC Shan and Marley Marl in the house tonight
They just came from off tour and they wanna tell you a little story
About where they come from
The Bridge [scratched] [x3]
Queensbridge
You love to hear the story again and again
Of how it all got started way back when
The monument is right in your face
Sit and listen for a while to the name of the place
The Bridge [scratched] [x3]
Queensbridge
Hip hop was set out in the dark
They used to do it out in the park
Every place they said his name it rang an alarm
Otherwise known as Mean Team Tom
A brother whose known for his rap
Jabby Jack, Larry Lar third least not last
A cool brother by the name of Gas
These brothers made you get loose
They was down with a brother called Cousin Bruce
They used to jam in the center
You had to pay so you could enter
Go to the door
Get frisked
Just in order to get in
And if you wasn't from this town
Then you couldn't fight and win
But everytime they had a jam
They couldn't get no peace
So that's why the jam's out there
And the parks they had to cease cause you was in
The Bridge [scratched] [x4]
Queensbridge
Why don't you wise up
Show all the people in the place that you are bright
Make this here one jam that you do not start no fight
Cause that is one thing that we all must see done
And if you start some shit you're ass had better run
Cause you're in
The Bridge [scratched] [x4]
Queensbridge
Dimples D. the girl, she was great
Her and Marley Marl went and cut a plate
They used to rock it out in the place
And the title of it was sucker dj's
And then he strolled along one day
And then he walked into a girl named Shante
Third in line you know it's me
MC Shan ha ha in the place to be
MC Man he made them beg
He is the man who is known as Craig
The newest member out to get loose
Now he is down with us and he got the juice
This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn
By any place any part of the world
And while I'm out on tour keep your hand off my girl
When she's in
The Bridge [scratched] [x8]
Queensbridge
Dead dreams, bought and sold
You gotta try and receive your goal
However you do it however you're made
Don't ever listen to what nobody say
Cause I will tell you the deal
You gotta go by what your heart feel
Cause if you don't you'll be misled
By stupid little things put inside your head
Or someone else that you will see
Their trying to live your destiny
By the time you think about it your grown
And then you gotta say god damn I gotta leave my home
Grab hold of your heavy chain
Rich people always pullin always trying to restrain
You heard just what I said
They're always pullin ya back when you wanna get ahead
They pull you back cause their not with it
You're talking about school
Their talking about quit it
Soon you'll see that time just fly
Cause you spent most of it out gettin high
Thought about it much, much later
Could've went to school and been much greater
But you chose to lead that fate
Now you're sucking on a bone when it should've been steak
The whole purpose of the story I told
Was mainly to inspire you to reach your goals
Stop walking through life as if you are blind
You should reach for your goal cause I'm reaching for mine
And I'm from
The Bridge [scratched] [4X]
Queensbridge
Keep on rockin
The bridge
Will keep rockin
If the beat stop rockin
The bridge will keep rockin
If the beat stop rockin
The bridge will keep-a rockin
Till the beat stop rockin
The bridge will keep-a rockin
Till the bridge stop rockin
The kids will keep-a rockin
When the bridge stop rockin
The bridge will keep-a rockin
If the kids stop rockin
The bridge will keep-a rockin
Till the beat stop rockin
The bridge will keep rockin
Ladies and Gentleman
We got MC Shan and Marley Marl in the house tonight
Ladies and Gentleman
We got MC Shan and Marley Marl in the house tonight
They just came from off tour and they wanna tell you a little story
About where they come from
They just came from off tour and they wanna tell you a little story
About where they come from
Solo - Peter 0: 15
I found the will to live
leaving you behind
against judgments
severing these strings of time
from the affection, the rapture within
if this is truly the end, then so be it
this nauseous plague
rains down from above
the better of my ambitions
have crippled by poor decisions
shattered or strong all foes will be faced
each and every single one laid to waste
choices lead to consequence
(Chorus)
choose your steel
be the hero or play the fool
face me on this burning bridge
show me which side you...
choose your steel
be the hero or die the fool
just face me on this burning bridge
and show me which side you choose
all of these wounds will be met
skinned flesh to salt
the tragic unending of epics untold
desperate answers we seek
finalized by the damaging bleak
skin scarred so black (black)
cauterized by a life half lived
we are all misled, undecided, unsaid
destined to mourn in regret
choices led to consequence
(Chorus)
choose your steel
be the hero or play the fool
face me on this burning bridge
show me which side you...
choose your steel
be the hero or die the fool
just face me on this burning bridge
and show me which side you choose
Solo - Patrick 3: 22
Solo - Peter 3: 50
(Chorus)
choose your steel
be the hero or play the fool
face me on this burning bridge
show me which side you...
choose your steel
be the hero or die the fool
just face me on this burning bridge
he had some words but few worked out
his suicide read "goodbye for now"
and in his mind there's no doubt
that this is the right thing
on the tallest bridge in his city
the waves, the rocks, his cemetery
if he jumps in, we'll all see
that sun will set in the end
if he jumps off the bridge
the only change it will make
Over the water, evening tide
There's a bridge from end to end
On the other side so far ahead
I know I have to begin
Over the sea in the dead of night
There's a path where I must go
Step by step over passing waves
Calmly now I go
Each step I take no looking back
I've got peace of mind
This bridge it sways but I'm on my way
Be nice but be wise (ah ah)
And don't let temptation control your pride (ooh's)
You can rule a throne a king has lost
Just remember the bridge that you took across
Be friends to everyone (ah ah)
And don't let faith go to your head (ooh's)
You can rule a throne a king has lost
Just remember the bridge that took you across
Bridge
Life, is what you make it (ah's)
You just can't be, you just can't be what you're not (ah's)
So don't pretend and at the end (ah's)
You will always come out on top whoa (ooh's)
I, I'm looking back (ah's)
At the mistakes I have made (ooh's)
You can rule a throne a king has lost
Just remember the bridge that took you across
Yes remember the bridge darling
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