The Bridge Under the Water — A clear Central Valley reservoir reveals an old arched bridge beneath turquoise water while an adult swimmer and boatman watch from above

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The Bridge Under the Water

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

An unseen bridge beneath the river represents a connection that distance and changing seasons cannot break. The narrator addresses a lover through images of deep water, children and returning light. Trusting the current becomes a way of imagining freedom and shared spiritual belonging without needing to see the whole path ahead.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

The Bridge Under the Water

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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THE BRIDGE UNDER THE WATER

There's a Bridge Under The Water
A Bridge you cannot see
It has been down there Forever
On the way down to the Sea
There's a Bridge Under The Water
It is there Eternally
For the Bridge Under The Water
It runs from you to me

The River is much deeper
Then you will ever know
If you're a Promise Keeper
Then you know the Evenflow
The Ocean is much wider
Than we can ever be
But, the Bridge Under The Water
Leads to Infinity

We're sailing Undercover
Of a Ship out on the Sea
I've always been your Lover
And you're in Love with me
A mighty stretch of Water
Between the Canyon Walls
No more Star-crossed Lovers
When the Summer turns to Fall

The Water is much Wiser
Than you will ever be
Let Your Love be Inspired
By the Greatest Mystery
Don't ever be frightened
By what you hear or what you see
The Spirit Lives inside of you
And it Lives inside of me

The Bridge Under The Water
The same as Evermore
The Sunrise and the Eventide
Roll up on the Golden Shore
Feel the Children's laughter
So innocent, so pure
In The Loving Hands of the Master
From now, Forevermore

Let your self Down easy, glide into the Flow
Freedom comes so easily, on the River where it goes
You’re part of the Scenery, you're the Name of the Rose
There's a Bridge Under The Water, flow, Big River, flow
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