Bridges

[Intro - Poet Luo]
I remember when you entered my life
It was when uncle got tired of playing games on the mega drive
And switched up the mood
From PG to X-rated
The first time I encountered you
You looked beautiful
You stranger
Devil in a blue dress
You parasite, that I can't seem to get rid of now
So I wrote you a letter
See it as a poem, see it as my divorce papers
See it as you will
Just take in my words

[Verse 1 - SHANTÉH]
I see you've come back to haunt me again
I nevеr wanted this for myself
Tried to closе my eyes to you
Cos you're bad for my health

You've got a good grip that takes more than a good grip just to pry it off
So it's hard to breathe
I need release
Release from your hands around my neck
You've got a bad way of luring me in but making me feel ashamed
So it's hard to see
Myself released
Released from your way, what is next?

Pre-Chorus
Why do you keep haunting me?
I'm tryna cross these bridges but you're lighting fires under my feet

[Chorus]
But it was Him that I needed
It was only Him I ever needed
It was Him that I needed
But it was only Him I ever
It was Him that I
It was only Him I ever needed, yeah
It was Him that I needed
But It was only Him I ever needed (no leavin')
It was Him that I
But it was only Him I ever needed

[Rise - Ruth-Ellen]
I want you
I need you
More of you forever and a day
A day
I want you
I need you
More of you forever and always (always, yeah)
I want you
I need you
More of you forever and always
Yeah

[Verse 2 - SHANTÉH]
I know you're here just to mess my mind
Why did find me at a young age?
I've cried and tried to be loosed
But since you came in nothing's been the same

You've got a good grip that takes more than a good grip just to pry it off
So it's hard to breathe
I need release
Release from your hands around my neck
You've got a bad way of luring me in but making me feel ashamed
So it's hard to see
Myself released
Released from your way, what is next?

[Pre-Chorus]
Why do you keep haunting me?
I'm tryna cross these bridges but you're lighting a fire under my feet

[Chorus]
But it was Him that I needed
It was Him that I needed
But It was only Him I ever needed (no leavin')
It was Him that I
But It was only Him I ever needed, yeah
It was Him that I needed
It was Him I needed (no leavin')
Cos It was only Him I ever
It was Him that I needed, yeah

I'm tryna cross these bridges but you're lighting a fire under my feet...

[Outro - Poet Luo]
So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin
(Romans 7:14‭-‬21‭, ‬23‭-‬25 NLT)