This song is based on singer Matt Pike’s feelings and experiences while he was homeless. “I was going through really weird times when I was wandering around homeless and on a drunk binge, I just felt like I had fallen, and when I say [on ‘Crossing the Bridge’] ‘The warrior’s chains are self-inflicte...
Wandering warlord, tales of horror
Quest and saga snares the batterer
Fallen victim taken capture
Wheel of pain gives strength to un-mastered
Chained and shackled, earthen toil
Made to serve the whips and lashes
Quench your thirst and drink this bottle
The warrior's chains are self inflicted
Lay the steps upon the mountain
Open gates reveal the temple
Quench your thirst and drink this bottle
The warrior's chains are self inflicted
Mirrored armor reflects squalor
A day will come when I will conquer
Take your stand and cross my line
The eye Aleph has seen my kind
To Cross the Bridge was written by High on Fire.
To Cross the Bridge was produced by Steve Albini & High on Fire.
High on Fire released To Cross the Bridge on Tue Feb 01 2005.