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So you've come to this bridge |
Into an unfamiliar land |
And you know it's a bridge you are going to walk on |
And the only thing you know is |
That everything you know |
Will do you no good from here on |
And the day that you spin |
From your little cocoon |
Well, you can't be prepared |
For the beauty you'll find there |
And you will find beauty |
In the toughest of places |
And I will be thinking of you out there |
So you pick up your bags |
Look around at your friends |
And you know none of them |
Would ever have enough strength |
To cross the bridge and lose control |
You never felt this bold |
Never felt this good |
And the day that you spin |
From your little cocoon |
Well, you can't be prepared |
For the beauty you'll find there |
And you will find beauty |
In the toughest of places |
And I will be thinking of you |
Stay true to your nomad skies |
Keep your eyes out for coyote |
A thousand secrets are lost |
In the archival dust |
So lay your ears upon the tracks |
One day you will come back |
With wrinkled hands and grey hair |
And there you will stand on the spot |
And you'll marvel how the place is still the same |
But you are somebody else now |
Fly on butterfly |
And the day that you spin |
From your little cocoon |
Well, you can't be prepared |
For the beauty you'll find there |
And you will find beauty |
In the toughest of places |
And I will be thinking of you |
And you will find beauty |
In the toughest of places |
And I will be thinking of you out there |
The Bridge
Written by Antje Duvekot and Séamus Egan
As recorded by Antje Duvekot on The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer