Silver Bridge

[Verse 1]
My heart is full today
For the recently departed
Of sorrow and of sympathy
Into that land uncharted

[Verse 2]
The old man turned away from me
The stairway he ascended
I heard his struggle through the night
With Saturn's hand extended

[Chorus]
All those nights when you can't sleep
Your heart and mind is racing
Are you standing on that bridge?
Which way are you facing?

[Verse 3]
I stared upon his body as
My soul was filled with wonder
Stood there frozen in one place
Could not be pulled asunder

[Chorus]
All those nights when you can't sleep
Your heart and mind is racing
Are you standing on that bridge?
Which way are you facing?

[Bridge]
I'd sent him upstairs with a kiss
He lay in light of silver
It seemed to me I saw that bridge
That he had taken over

[Verse 4]
Should I make the move to him?
He wasn't mine for claiming
I witnessed all there was to see
Withdrew without the naming

[Verse 5]
When I knew that he had been
So much more than sleeping
I stayed with him the afternoon
In a kind of vigil keeping

[Chorus]
All those nights when you can't sleep
Your heart and mind is racing
Are you standing on that bridge?
Which way are you facing?

[Verse 1]
My heart is full today
For the recently departed
Of sorrow and of sympathy
Into that land uncharted