[Verse 1: Power duet male and female leads, he sings from the east bank] Twelve months of you on the other side Of the kitchen, of the bed, of the Cold River wide Town gave us a bridge and we took it apart You on the west and me on the east from the start Every stone I set, I set it alone Every stone I cut was a word I had grown I could see you at noon on the far half curve Laying it straight with your jaw and your nerve [Verse 2: power duet, she answers from the west bank] Twelve months of you saying nothing at all I talked to the river, I talked to the wall Both of us building out over the drop Both of us scared of the day it would stop Wooden frames holding our halves in the air Take 'em out early and nothing is there Half of a bridge is a diving board, Ben Half of a marriage is the same thing again [Pre-Chorus: power duet, both together] Tomorrow they pull the frames away Tomorrow we find out if it's gonna stay [Chorus: power duet, both together] Neither of us stands on our own That's the whole trick of a bridge made of stone Lean in hard and I'll lean on you Fall toward each other and the weight comes through [Verse 3: power duet, trading lines across the gap] He says "I was wrong in the spring," she says "I was wrong in the fall" He says "I'm not good at saying it," she says "you never were at all" She says "the gap is a foot and a half," he says "I measured it twice" She says "then hand me the stone," he says "I'll lift it, that's nice" He says "the town wants a ribbon," she says "the town can wait" She says "I want the middle," he says "then meet me at the gate" [Chorus: power duet, both together] Neither of us stands on our own That's the whole trick of a bridge made of stone Lean in hard and I'll lean on you Fall toward each other and the weight comes through [Bridge: power duet, keystone tap, mallet taps on stone as the last block goes in] Tap, it's sitting Tap, it's tight Tap, it's holding Tap, and it's right Both halves falling Into one place I can see your face [Final Chorus: power duet, both voices huge, full band] Neither of us stands on our own That's the whole trick of a bridge made of stone Lean in hard and I'll lean on you Fall toward each other and the weight comes through [Outro: power duet, together] Pull the frames out in the morning Let the river see Nothing holding up the middle But you and me [End]
