[Intro - whispered, sparse, vinyl crackle] Some bridges only carry weight in one direction... [Verse 1 - low, smoky] I used to build bridges like I was apologizing for the river like the water between us was my fault like if I just laid down enough of myself plank by plank breath by breath you'd finally walk across and stay [Refrain] But some bridges only carry weight in one direction [Verse 2 - quiet, knotted] Some knowing exists below the throat, below the thought a slow fist closing in me at the sound of your name my body understood it first that every step toward you was a step out of myself [Chorus - guitars open up] Some bridges, you don't cross some bridges, you abandon and you walk home lighter, quieter, free [Verse 3 - intimate] Here's what I know now not every distance is a wound to close sometimes distance is the answer maybe it's the medicine I kept refusing to swallow 'cause I confused familiar with home [Bridge - heavy, distorted grunge breakdown] This groaning, splintered half-collapsed thing I patched it up with hope and excuses, but not this time I'm not fixing it anymore! [powerful, belted, full and forceful, distorted drop] let the moss come let the boards go soft let the rust bloom it was never meant to hold this much of me [Verse 4 - drop to near silence] I'm not burning it down I don't need the fire I don't need the story where I'm the villain who walked away I'm just... stopping stepping back onto solid ground letting the wind do what it does to things no longer cared for [Pre-Chorus - rising] So stand on the far side call it cruelty, call it cold I call it survival my peace was here the whole time I had to stop building toward you just to reach it [Chorus] Some bridges, you don't cross some bridges, you abandon and you walk home lighter, quieter, free [Outro - dissolving] lighter... quieter... free
