BRIDGE BETWEEN US | Shavon Bonnie Legion ft. Makis Gibs
"Bridge Between Us" is an original song about the things that connect us beneath the noise, labels, fear, and division. It was written during a time when it felt like so many people were being pulled apart by opinions, headlines, algorithms, and uncertainty. Yet beneath all of that, I still see something beautiful in humanity a fire that never completely goes out.
This video is a simple performance piece created from live-capture footage of the musicians who brought the song to life. I filmed my vocal performance in my home studio surrounded by my paintings, while featured guitarist Makis Gibs recorded his guitar performance from Greece. Brian Grass joins the project on bass guitar and assisted with production.
The video was edited entirely by me and pushed my old editing setup right to its limits. It isn't perfect, but it is honest, and I hope that spirit comes through. I struggled with my decision on black and white but with all the lighting shifts in the room, and the tone of the song I felt it was the right choice here, giving that underneath grit, yet spotlight feel with the whitebox filter.
Thank you for listening, watching, sharing, and walking this strange road with me.
*Makis Gibs, a beyond huge thanks to you for your inspirations and mind blowing guitar work. When I first received your guitar adds I was in absolute shock how amazing this brought out the song, you are a total rock star this guitar work kicks serious a$$. Thank you deeply for creative sound work my friend!
Written, Produced & Performed by: Shavon Bonnie Legion
Featured Guitar: Makis Gibs
Bass Guitar & Assistant Production: Brian Grass
Video Editing: Shavon Bonnie Legion
About Makis Gibs
A vibrant hub for instrumental live guitar improvisation, blending creativity and technique to create mesmerizing performances. His channel offers a unique blend of electric guitar, experimental music, and fingerstyle techniques.
**also special thanks to Brian Grass who suffered with me through track mixing and build. He played a great supporting bass line in the track and really helped in the final sound mix.
LYRICS
Everybody's looking at tomorrow through a cracked window pane,
Counting every blessing while they're measuring the rain.
Bills stacked like mountains,
hope folded in drawers,
Trying to build a future
with yesterday's boards.
I've watched kind people
forget how to smile,
Seen fathers grow distant
one memory at a time.
I've heard children whisper,
"Will everything be alright?"
While the television sells another reason to fight.
Maybe the road isn't ending...
Maybe it's stripping away
everything that never belonged.
So don't tell me the fire is dying—
I can still see it inside your eyes.
Buried beneath all the noise and the sirens,
Covered in ashes...
never gone.
We're more than the names they handed us.
More than the fear we've learned to become.
If there's a bridge between darkness and morning,
Brother...
Sister...
Maybe we're the ones.
I found little miracles
under broken homes,
Five tiny heartbeats
teaching courage all alone.
Funny how the smallest things
can carry so much light,
While giants spend their lifetimes
trying to prove they're right.
Money comes...
Money goes...
I've watched both tides before.
The richest hands I've ever held
were never keeping score.
Maybe every ending
is just clearing out the field,
Waiting for forgotten seeds
to remember how to heal.
What if the cracks in the pavement
were only making room
for roots we cannot see?
Don't tell me the fire is dying—
I can still see it inside your eyes.
Buried beneath all the noise and the sirens,
Covered in ashes...
never gone.
We're more than the names they handed us.
More than the fear we've learned to become.
If there's a bridge between darkness and morning,
Maybe we're already one.
Lay down your armor.
Not your courage.
Lay down the hatred.
Not your voice.
Lay down the stories
that taught you
someone has to lose
for someone else to live.
The river...
doesn't ask
which drop deserves the ocean.
The mountain
never checks
what language the wind speaks.
The stars...
don't recognize borders.
Only we do.
I won't spend forever
waiting for someone to save the day.
I'll plant forests
I may never walk beneath.
I'll sing louder
than the headlines.
Love harder
than the algorithms.
Build higher
than the walls.
Because somewhere
a child is watching
to learn
what hope looks like.
So if there's a bridge
between who we were
and who we're becoming—
Meet me there.
I'll be carrying the fire.
@makisgibs