In a world of uncertainty
The night sky told us all to be patient
But when the ground started shaking
I wondered for how long
But there's a place that I'd rather be
There's a voice deep inside me saying
The progress we are making
It's not progress at all

Into a world of promises (wo, oh!)
Is where we let ourselves be led

We build the bridges
We now sleep under
We framed the doorways
But may not pass through
The very same roads
That we now wander
The ones you pass us by on
We paved with our bare hands
Paved with our bare hands

A black cloud hovers over me
But without all this guilt I feel naked
Something about the way it wraps it's arms around
White snow covers everything
An angel watches over me praying
She ask me for a favor
"Catch me if I fall"

A rush of blood straight to the head (wo oh!)
I wonder what this could have been

We build the bridges
We now sleep under
We framed the doorways
But may not pass through
The very same roads
That we now wander
The ones you pass us by on
We paved with our bare hands
Paved with our bare hands
Hey

No I never meant to hurt you
No I never meant to do you harm
I stood waiting but a man said "move along"

We laid the tracks down
But now they rotted
Like a runaway train
We brace for the crash
We were in love once
Have you forgotten?
And like a runaway train
Bearing down upon a gap

We build the bridges
We build the bridges
We build the bridges
We build the bridges

And underneath its shadow
We now live