Секция Bridge, как правило, бывает чисто инструментальной, но может быть, например, смешанной — инструментальное начало, затем повторение заключительного фрагмента куплета или припева — как в композиции Runaway:
Cher - Runaway
Nobody said it would be easy
Nobody gives you guarantees
'cause a heart can always be broken
And there can be no loving without tears
Runaway to a place where nobody knows
Runaway gotta let this feeling go
Runaway; if I can't find love,
I'm gonna runaway
Nobody's looking for perfection
How could they give it in return?
But I told my heart to believe you
And you just gave your love to anyone
Runaway to a place where nobody knows
Runaway gotta let these feelings go
Runaway 'cause I don't want to hurt anymore
Though my heart is always searching
If I can't find love,
I'm gonna run away
'Cause a heart can always be broken
And there can be no lovin' without tears
Run away to a place where nobody knows
Run away -- gotta let these feelings go
Run away and I don't want to hurt anymore
Though my heart is always searching
If I can't find love,
I'm gonna run away
Еще одна особенность этой композиции - вариативность припева.
Секция Bridge может быть построена на музыке куплета или припева, а, например, в композиции Stars группы Simple Red, она полностью повторяет вступление:
Simply Red - Stars
Anyone who ever held you
Would tell you the way I'm feeling
Anyone who ever wanted you
Would try to tell you what I feel inside
The only thing I ever wanted
Was the feeling that you ain't faking
The only one you ever thought about
Wait a minute can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
For the man who tried to hurt you
He's explaining the way I'm feeling
For all the jealousy I caused you
States the reason why I'm trying to hide
As for all the things you taught me
It sends my future into clearer dimensions
You'll never know how much you hurt me
Stay a minute can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
Too many hearts are broken
A lover's promise never came with a maybe
So many words are left unspoken
The silent voices are driving me crazy
As for all the pain you caused me
Making up could never be your intention
You'll never know how much you hurt me
Stay can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
В «Money, Money, Money» вместо секции Bridge используется модуляция в другую тональность:
Abba - Money, Money, Money
I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball...
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
So I must leave, I'll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich man's world
В рок-музыке секция Bridge, как правило, используется для инструментального соло, часто довольно развернутого, особенно в концертном варианте:
Deep Purple - Dead Or Alive
Don't turn off the light
You might draw the Queen of Spades
Don't shut the door
You don't need to be alone
I won't bring you no food
There might be some poison in your meat
I've got to know, are you dead or alive?
Don't shut the door, are you dead or alive?
Dead or alive
Pick your window, you're leaving
Don't look in the mirror
With a dollar up your face
You've got money to burn
You're cheap at half the price
Oh, don't powder your nose
Don't blow your brains just for the the crack
I've got to know, are you dead or alive?
Just for the crack, are you dead or alive?
Dead or alive
Pick your window, you're leaving
You're running so fast
But you know you're standing still
I'm afraid of your shadow
And the knife in its hand
You're dancing with death
To the tune of the dealer
And he don't care
Don't give a toss
Don't want to know if you're dead or alive
Don't want to know if you're dead or alive
Dead or alive
Pick your window, you're leaving
Вместо секции Bridge может быть использована интермедия, построенная на самостоятельном музыкальном материале и выполняющая содержательную или сюжетную функцию. Назовем такую форму «куплетно-припевная с интермедией».
В «Everything You Want» интермедия содержит важную мысль – антитезу припеву, что подчеркивается новым музыкальным материалом, сменой тональности и повышением тесситуры солиста:
Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh and it's rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why
But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return
Chorus:
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away
There's always another wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say
[Chorus]
But you'll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what you're asking for
And you'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what you're waiting for
Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won't return
[Chorus]
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why
And I don't know why
Why
I don't know
В Nights On Broadway контрастный характер интермедии также следует сюжету и логике текста:
Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway
Here we are in the room full of strangers,
Standing in the dark where your eyes couldnt see me
Well, I have to follow you
Though you didn't want me to.
But that wont stop my lovin you
I can't stay away
Blaming it all on the nights on broadway
Singin them love songs,
Singin them straight to the heart songs.
Blamin it all on the nights on broadway
Singin them sweet sounds
To that crazy, crazy town.
Now in my place
There are so many others
Standin in the line;
How long will they stand between us?
Well, I have to follow you
Though you didn't want me to.
But that wont stop my lovin you
I can't stay away
Blaming it all on the nights on broadway
Singin them love songs,
Singin them straight to the heart songs.
Blamin it all on the nights on broadway
Singin them sweet sounds
To that crazy, crazy town.
I will wait,
Even if it takes forever;
I will wait,
Even if it takes a life time.
Somehow I feel inside
You never ever left my side.
Make it like it was before
Even if it takes a life time, takes a life time.
Blaming it all on the nights on broadway
Singin them love songs,
Singin them straight to the heart songs.
Blamin it all on the nights on broadway
Singin them sweet sounds
To that crazy, crazy town.