Lyrics

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

This is your protection

As you move towards the end of the millennium
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

And the hand reaches out for the drink, 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