LYRICS [Intro cinematic river wistful ambience rasta reggae wagaki zen easy bounce] [lofi scratch] [dum then space then tock] [koto single notes] I know your seat above the stream High quiet place where the mind goes clean Long path round and over and through So I build a bridge straight to you now [verse howdy] My people build bridge, ya know Old hand, old plan I can set it steady now I can mek it stand I and I nah rush the quiet Just try lend a hand [verse tutoro close mic calm] He gives a strange look Half laugh half grin You think I love the view If I dont earn it again now But thank you my friend You may do as you please Build what you want Let the river decide what it keeps [build montage] [koto arpeggio lead] [zither bends] [shamisen stabs] Boards line up Rope pulls tight Nails bite in Morning light We cross it once We cross it twice Feels like we stole a little life [prechorus mist] [shakuhachi breath] [taiko low] One misty morning milk in the trees River swollen from last nights rain Tutoro stops and his nose goes still Says I smell trouble on the wind again [chorus] [one drop heavy] [slap koto lead motif] Bridge to the high seat Straight to the calm Built with good hands Built with good harm Shortcuts feel kind Till they open a door And something heavy starts sniffing your shore [boar bass machine industrial growl arrival wuxia cue] [zither tremolo gliss] [taiko rolls] [shakuhachi sharp calls] Across the water red hide in the fog Crimson Boar and piglets like a marching mob They plant a flag like a bite in the ground Say every place you love was always ours from the start The world agrees The story stands You stir up trouble in obedient lands You call it yours We call it noise You poison the ground with your dangerous voice [piglets chant] Always ours Always was Bow down Bow because [billy dry lightens mood dismissive] That’s a lot of confidence for a wet morning [howdy nervous rasta cowboy puppet twine angst] We can take the long way back, man Nah need prove nothin here We can leave it to the river Let it carry what it bear Dis no feel like peace no more Dis feel like teeth in air [tutoro dismissive easy easy wagaki zen] Well come on over We can talk You took a long way to say hungry [rage build] [zither fast run] [shamisen aggressive] [taiko harder] That smile breaks them That ease is salt Boar screams and the piglets vault They charge the bridge with hate and weight Like anger is proof Like size makes fate [collapse drop] [river roar] [midway wood groan] Midway the boards begin to sing Not fear not failure just physics now Flood and tusk and rushing rage The bridge remembers what it is [final chorus] [slam back one drop] [koto lead motif bigger] Bridge to the high seat Straight to the calm Built with good hands Built with good harm Come on over Come on and speak But the river don’t bow And the heavy can’t keep [outro] [lofi returns] [koto fades] Fog swallows the flag Water swallows the shout Carried to the sea Till the red is washed out [howdy softer now grounded] Yeah... I do what I could, seen Give you likkle time fi breathe Give you likkle sky Dat somethin, man Yeah… dat somethin Tutoro breathes once Looks at me and nods Friend for thinking of me Now let’s walk
