“Bridges” is the first song in which Fifth Harmony discusses politics. According to Lauren:
Lots of people want to keep (politics) out of their art because they assume the role of, ‘I’m the distraction, I’m the escapism, I’m the thing that people use to check out of the world,’ so a lot of people d...
[Verse 1: Ally & Dinah]
Can't spend time in rewind, I'm sorry
Many times I remind myself
We've come way too far in our stories, ah, ah
To build these walls and to blind ourselves
And for every action, there's a reaction
[Pre-Chorus: Dinah]
And I know the world can be cold, we can't let it divide us
There's something inside us, a power that grows
There's something beautiful in the flaws in all we are
Something calling all of us and it says
[Chorus: Normani, Dinah & Ally]
We build bridges
Oh, we build bridges
No, we won't separate
We know love can conquer hate
So we build bridges
Bridges, not walls (We build)
Bridges, not walls
Bridges, not walls
[Verse 2: Lauren & Normani]
I believe in the beauty of love (Hey)
I believe that we really are one
I believe every woman is a fighter
And I believe every man can stand beside her
[Pre-Chorus: Lauren & Ally]
And I know the world can be cold, we can't let it divide us
There's something inside us, a power that grows
There's something beautiful in the flaws in all we are
Something calling all of us and it says
[Chorus: Normani, Ally & Dinah]
We build bridges (We build)
Oh, we build bridges
No, we won't separate
We know love can conquer hate
So we build bridges (Ah)
Bridges, not walls (We build)
Bridges, not walls
Bridges, not walls
[Bridge: Dinah, Ally, Normani & Lauren]
All I pray is we break our chains
Because love's worth fighting for, shed your light on (We build)
All I pray is we break our chains
Because love's worth fighting for, shed your light on (We build)
All I pray is we (Yeah, yeah) break our chains
Because love's worth fighting for, shed your light on (We build)
All I pray is we break our chains (Praying, yeah)
Because love's worth fighting for, shed your light
[Refrain: Dinah, Ally & All]
So we build bridges (We build)
(All I pray is we break our chains)
So we build bridges
(Because love's worth fighting for, shed your light on)
So we build bridges
(All I pray is we break our chains)
So we build bridges
(Because love's worth fighting for, shed your light)
[Chorus: Normani, Ally & Dinah]
We build bridges (We build, we build bridges, we build bridges)
Oh, we build bridges (We build bridges, we build bridges)
No, we won't separate (We build bridges)
We know love can conquer hate (We build bridges)
So we build bridges (We build bridges)
Bridges, not walls (We build)
Bridges, not walls
Bridges was written by Normani & Tone Jones & Dinah Jane & Ally Brooke & Lauren Jauregui & Sebastian Kole.
Bridges was produced by TBHits.
Fifth Harmony released Bridges on Fri Aug 25 2017.
In an interview with Official Charts, Ally stated that “Bridges” is meant to unite people:
One of our proudest moments is “Bridges” because it has such a beautiful uniting message. It’s what the world needs right now. There are so many beautiful harmonies and the melodies are really sweet. You real...