The chorus feels really free and in love, but the verses have always felt more ominous to me. The 'wanting ache' line and first verse make me think about addiction, and when she describes him as having 'the steady gaze of a snake' it makes me picture him about to pounce. I find the last line really chilling: 'I will be waiting for you on the other side.' The other side is probably death, which makes me think that the Bridge has been a way to die all along, and she wants him to die with her (it could be wide enough for two), possibly by suicide. I really don't know for sure, but that's what the song sounds like to me. I'm probably wrong.
The chorus feels really free and in love, but the verses have always felt more ominous to me. The 'wanting ache' line and first verse make me think about addiction, and when she describes him as having 'the steady gaze of a snake' it makes me picture him about to pounce. I find the last line really chilling: 'I will be waiting for you on the other side.' The other side is probably death, which makes me think that the Bridge has been a way to die all along, and she wants him to die with her (it could be wide enough for two), possibly by suicide. I really don't know for sure, but that's what the song sounds like to me. I'm probably wrong.