Old Bridges Lyrics

You could only be pragmatic for so long

And you can only take so much out on a song

Leave a want to grow and it will learn a language of its own

If here's what heaven's like, I'd live for heaven's sake

Juniper and birch, white peaks in the blue lake

Only half-mistaken for a fabricated dreamscape

Scuttled hearts seek heartfelt lies

Catch me caught off guard with garden eyes

Sky twin on the mountain, earth twin on the shore

Fingers lace and come undone; each time the tithe weighs more

Like fishes, waxing wishes flicker in the midnight sea

River rising under old bridges, river pouring out through me

Hold on, baby, I'll hold on if you try to hold on too

But when lights are out and I hear that siren sound

I couldn't let go if I wanted to

Not the cultural tide, not the social scene

Not the sickness swelling up from underneath the screen

When I tell you what ties me up I don't say what I really mean

Cuz what really ties me up is you and me and the space between

But when I fall into your collarbone well

Suddenly my soul's no longer mine to sell

Sky twin on the mountain, earth twin on the shore

Fingers lace and come undone; each time the tithe weighs more

Like fishes, waxing wishes flicker in the midnight sea

River rising under old bridges, river pouring out through me

River rising under old bridges, river pouring out through me

River rising under old bridges, river pouring out through me