Meaning
The Bridge represents trust in transition.
It is the moment when you step away from what you know, even if the other side is still hidden.
The Bridge doesn’t promise safety — it promises movement.
It appears when staying still costs more than taking the risk.
Reflection
You don’t cross because you’re certain.
You cross because something inside refuses to stay where you were.
A bridge is built between fear and possibility —
a reminder that you may move even before you feel ready,
that courage is not the absence of doubt but the choice to walk anyway.
Each step can begin to shape the path ahead.
The bridge doesn’t carry you —
you carry yourself across.
Created within the Wor(l)d of Gloria by Gloria & The Machine.
[Verse 1]
I stood where life
had grown too small.
The ground was safe —
but that was all.
No open door,
no certain sign.
Just something saying
“leave this line.”
[Verse 2]
The bridge was thin.
The night was wide.
No promise waiting
on the other side.
Only the space
between the known
and something
not yet shown.
[Chorus]
A bridge is not
a place to stay.
It’s one more step
and then the way.
No map.
No voice.
No guarantee.
Just moving
into what will be.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
It moved beneath
each careful pace.
The wind kept shifting
in my face.
But every step
that fear denied
was still a step
I took inside.
[Bridge]
I didn’t know
where it would end.
I only knew
I couldn’t bend.
[Final Chorus]
A bridge appears
when stillness breaks.
When staying costs
more than it takes.
No certainty —
just breath and stride.
And something new
on the other side.
[Outro]
There’s no way back.
Archive – earlier versions:
[Verse 1]
I stood too long
where nothing grew.
The ground was safe —
but never true.
I couldn’t see
what lay ahead,
just knew I couldn’t
stay instead.
[Verse 2]
No lights to guide,
no voice to trust.
Just boards beneath
and air and dust.
It didn’t feel
like courage then —
just not going back
again.
[Chorus]
The bridge won’t hold you,
you hold on.
You take the step
and then it’s gone.
No guarantee,
no second guess —
just forward breath
in forwardness.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
It shakes.
It bends.
It doesn’t lie.
It tests the part
you try to hide.
But step by step,
with silent grace,
you meet the fear
and hold your place.
[Bridge]
I didn’t walk
because I knew —
I walked
because I had to.
[Final Chorus]
The bridge won’t hold you,
you hold on.
You take the step
and then it’s gone.
No safety here —
just what you bring.
But moving
changes
everything.
[Outro]
I’m not where I was.
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