Every Fall a Sign

Verse 1 Built it wide and built it strong Tied it tight with string Every time it fell apart I added everything Stones and planks and double knots More than it could bear The more I tried to hold it up The more it filled the air Chorus Every bridge that fell apart Left something in its place Every knot that came undone Taught me how to brace Not a waste, not a loss Every fall a sign Sometimes what you need to build Is just to leave things behind Verse 2 Then I stopped and sat beneath The old tree in the rain Heard the water running soft Heard the quiet again Saw a twig across the stream Simple, still and true Resting on the two stone banks Holding, just by being few Chorus Every bridge that fell apart Left something in its place Every knot that came undone Taught me how to brace Not a waste, not a loss Every fall a sign Sometimes what you need to build Is just to leave things behind Bridge (più lento, quasi parlato) The first one showed me where to stand The second, width won't hold The third said pressing harder Doesn't do what you've been told And the last one — heavy, broken — Said the clearest thing of all Sometimes you build by taking out Not adding to the wall Outro (ripetuto in dissolvenza) One step at a time… One fall at a time… Still standing…