A Bridge of People

hay you letsmake a bridge with our body they need to live!! Verse 1 The river ran wide and fast Bridges blown to broken stone No way across No way forward No way back The enemy coming closer The cold rising in the bones And someone said it Quiet at first Then passed from mouth to mouth Verse 2 They stepped down into the water Shoulder to shoulder Hand in hand Men who knew they might not rise again They locked their arms They stood against the current Letting the water climb chest then neck They became the crossing They became the road So the others could get to the other side So the children could pass So the fight could go on Chorus A bridge made of people Of flesh and bone and courage That no engineer could build No general could order They gave their own bodies To hold back the flood To carry the weight of those who followed Knowing they might not step onto the far bank themselves Verse 3 The water pulled hard It dragged at their legs It swallowed names and faces Some slipped away Silent Still holding on as long as they could Those who crossed looked down Saw faces they knew Saw eyes that said go Saw hands that would not let go And they carried on Because they could not do anything else Bridge They did not do it for medals They did not do it for praise They did it because there was no other way Because someone had to stand Because if they fell the rest would fall too They became stone for a little while They became something stronger than fear Something stronger than the river Something stronger than death itself Verse 4 When the last one made it across The bridge broke The current took what remained No monument stands there No carved stone marks the place The river flows smooth now As if nothing happened As if no one gave their life To make that crossing possible Outro But the water remembers The ones who stood Who held the line Who gave themselves So others could live A bridge of people Vanished But never gone Not really