From the recording Lost Transimission
The Bridge We Ended Up is a melancholic reflection on two lives that once travelled together but gradually found themselves moving in different directions.
Set against trains, platforms and the constant movement of a railway, the video turns travel into a metaphor for separation. People cross paths, share moments and continue forward, while someone inevitably remains behind.
There is no dramatic betrayal at the heart of the song-only the quiet realization that sometimes a relationship reaches its final destination long before either person is ready to admit it.
Part of Lost Transmissions, The Bridge We Ended Up captures that moment when memory stays behind, even as life continues moving forward.
Some people leave with a goodbye. Others simply continue on a different line.
Lyrics
You said the water knew our names
before we ever spoke them out
I didn't argue
didn't ask
I let the current
turn me round
There was a version of this walk
where neither of us reached the rail
where we kept driving past the turn
and never learned
the story's tail
This is the bridge
we ended up
not the one
we meant to cross
half the distance
all the cost
this is the bridge
we ended up
The lights below
don't reach this high
they flicker
for somebody else
I count the cars
like falling stars
and keep the wishing
to myself
You're already
somewhere warmer
in a version drawn
from cleaner lines
I'm still here
counting girders
learning how the iron
holds the time
This is the bridge
we ended up
not the one
we meant to cross
half the distance
all the cost
this is the bridge
we ended up
Maybe every road that narrows
finds its water
in the end
Maybe standing here
is closer
than we ever were
my friend
I'm not falling
I'm just listening
to the traffic
underneath
This is not
the ledge you're picturing
it's just the bridge
and I'm still here
This is the bridge
we ended up
not the one
we meant to cross
half the distance
all the cost
this is the bridge
we ended up
This is the bridge
we ended up
not the one
we meant to cross
half the distance
all the cost
this is the bridge
we ended up