Paul Simon wrote it, Art Garfunkel sang it, and somewhere a gospel choir said, finally. Simon admitted he borrowed the feel from the Swan Silvertones, who sang about being a bridge over deep water if you trust in His name. That’s the whole gospel in one line. When you’re weary and feeling small, somebody has to lay himself down so you can get across. Friends do that sometimes. Christ did it once and for all. I’ve been the guy stuck on the wrong side of the water more than once, and I didn’t build the bridge.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
— JC
