“And every one of us has to face that day;
Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away?
And every one of us that ever came to play
Has to cross the bridge or fade away.”
The Bridge
Song lyrics, The Captain & the Kid (2006)
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English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist 1947Related quotes
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Song lyrics, Singles and rarities
“Twenty men crossing a bridge,
Into a village,
Are
Twenty men crossing a bridge
Into a village.”
Wallace Stevens book Harmonium
"Metaphors of a Magnifico"
Harmonium (1923)
Friedrich Nietzsche Untimely Meditations
Niemand kann dir die Brücke bauen, auf der gerade du über den Fluß des Lebens schreiten mußt, niemand außer dir allein.
“Schopenhauer as educator,” § 3.1, R. Hollingdale, trans. (1983), p. 129
Untimely Meditations (1876)
“Crossing that bridge,
With lessons I've learned.
Playing with fire,
And not getting burned.”
Seal (musician) (1963) British singer-songwriter
"Prayer For The Dying"
Seal (1994)
Context: Crossing that bridge,
With lessons I've learned.
Playing with fire,
And not getting burned.
I may not know what you're going through.
But time is the space,
Between me and you.
Life carries on... it goes on.
“All the bridges in the world won't save you if there is no other side to cross to”
Daniel Johns (1979) Australian musician
World Upon Your Shoulders
Song lyrics, Diorama (2002)