Bixby Canyon Bridge

Album: Narrow Stairs (2008)
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  • I descended a dusty gravel ridge
    Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
    Until I eventually arrived
    At the place where your soul had died

    Barefoot in the shallow creek,
    I grabbed some stones from underneath
    And waited for you to speak to me

    And the silence; it became so very clear
    That you had long ago disappeared
    I cursed myself for being surprised
    That this didn't play like it did in my mind

    All the way from San Francisco
    As I chased the end of your road
    Cause I've still got miles to go

    And I want to know my fate
    If I keep up this way

    And it's hard to want to stay awake
    When everyone you need, they all seem to be asleep
    And you wonder if you missed your dream

    You can't see a dream
    You can't see a dream
    You just can't see a dream

    And then it started getting dark
    I truged back to where the car was parked
    No closer to any kind of truth Writer/s: BENJAMIN GIBBARD
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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  • Isaac Sands from SomewhereIt's a beautiful song about being let down by yourself and dissapoitment.
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