Bridge and Tunnel

Lyrics

Meet me beneath the bridge, my darling There I make my lair Cleaner homes they may await me Though I know not where My only home is nowhere any noble man would dare To lay his head for fear of finding snakes slithering in his hair I made this place into a sacred sanctuary, where I Hide from eyes of spiteful judgment, lying vipers in disguise But nothing can they take from me, for nothing do I own Nothing do I give them freely, nothing that they'vе known Nothing's what I carry, as I drag my bag of bones Nothings what I have, my darling That and that alone Naught havе I to offer, but my body for to bear Any burden placed upon you Any hurt, we two will share And whatever meager fleeting joy or fortune I should meet I will gratefully lay completely at the feet of my great queen Though I could give my labor to no master, nor no cause And before betraying one neighbor I would disobey eight laws I'll break nine rules before I take one order from one fool And so across the border, I was chased straight out of school Ha [Instrumental break] Should I meet beneath the bridge, my love? What shall I wear? What garment for to shield me from the harm that I'd find there? What cloak to cover up my vulnerable soul? What broach of goal will keep me out of reach of demons Keen to eat me whole? There once were woods where one could dream, unseen by eyes of man And one could find an easy sleep there once, now no one can The trees were razed, mountains paved The caves collapsed and closed And now no bear or fox or deer can keep from being exposed To those who would drink deeply from an opening in their throats Where once there'd been no opening, once before the fangs were shown The forest was a fearful place dear, frightening, but fair And we may never know the peace of those who slumbered there