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The Bridge

from Ship of Fools by Richard Gorman

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The Westminster Bridge attacks brought the consequences of dogmatic fanaticism right to the door of Parliament itself. You might think this would have been a useful lesson. Apparently not. The closing statement is from one of many decent concerned Muslims seeking to respond positively to a horror decried by the vast majority of his community. I do have a close friend who was personally involved in this incident and is testament to the courage and bravery which can arise to combat such horrors. Not that I expect they will ever hear it but this song is for her and the victims.

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The Bridge

I take my final breath and swallow it
Nobody deserves to die like this
I watch my killer clean the streets
With fire in his eyes and god on his side
Why must I dance with you when I could be anywhere else?
Your soul is a silver knife
A crescent of blood spilling over the bridge

Heart pounding, pupils dilate, the bestial reflex response
We are meat so you butcher away
I reach the world’s edge,
I leap and I’m gone
What would I not sacrifice to be able to fly
To become rat or fish or bird
Or to just disappear in the blink of an eye

Allah akbar, god is my light
His love guides the hilt of my knife
His prophets beckon me to paradise

The Westminster call to prayer
Sirens summon angels from the afternoon air
Parliament’s towers spin as I fall through the air
As I fall through the air
The bone crushing kiss of stone
Old Father Thames to carry our blood
Nightmares of old London town
Flow thicker than water under the bridge

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from Ship of Fools, released November 8, 2019
Music, lyrics and performance by Richard Gorman
Produced by Stuart Duncan

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