Don’t Know



I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I don’t really feel dead or alive.

Blood on my clothes, blood in my nose.

Guess that pretty girl I couldn’t hold.

The air was cold and the sky was red.

I hear her singing as the branches bled.

I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I don’t really feel dead or alive.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.

Blood on my clothes, blood in my nose.

I guess that pretty girl I couldn’t hold.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.

I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I made friends with the city lights.

I tried and I tried.

Blame me I’m the fall guy.

Save me oh Lord can we

Can we wait till sunrise

I’m walking across a bridge to the other side.

I don’t really feel dead or alive.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.

Blood on my clothes, blood in my nose.

I guess that pretty girl I couldn’t hold.

I don’t know.

I don’t know.
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Written on September 15, 2022

Submitted by VasioLourdes on December 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:07 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme A B C d e e A B F F C D F F A x a x x x A B F F C D F F
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 922
Words 226
Stanzas 28
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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