The Narrow Bridge

[Verse 1]
This is the narrow bridge
And you will stand there
Peering at the unraveling of a dark line across a chasm
And you will not philosophize, decide, weigh
You will simply put your head down and start moving
Feeling your way inch by inch, unguided by voices
Using only the sound of your own sound reflected
Feeling the rope of the narrow bridge
This is your protection
As you move towards the end of the millennium

[Verse 2]
Every moment spent bent over work
Not cutting corners, doing things with care
Is protection
Is the bridge to carry you through the darkness
For to do something with care
Is the closest thing to the feeling of love that can be found
It is all I know
This is protection
This is the narrow bridge

[Verse 3]
And the hand reaches out for the drink, for the drug
And it grabs a cloth instead
And you protest
And you start to clean
And you clean the corners like they've never been cleaned before
And you weep as you clean, but you keep on going
And in this tiny gesture of respect
The protection is found
And the cape of grace
Moves softly down about the shoulders
Throwing a safety line out to love