Four Hours for Bridge Four

by mgsglacier

A collection of one-shots retelling the events of Way of Kings from the POV of Bridge Four: Rock, Teft, Hobber, Moash, Lopen, and Tien. Each one-shot is accompanied by a stanza from a bridge-crew work song, inspired by the shanty "Four Hours" from The Longest Johns. The final chapter is the lyrics to the full song. Rated for canon-typical violence and the canon character death.

7. Full Song

[ROCK]
Come me boys and heave with me
Forever bridgemen will we be
Never to see our children and wives
Nor leave these damned plains with our lives

[CHORUS]
Four hours / Carryin' our load
Four hours / Sloggin' in the rain
Four hours / No, we won't be bowed
Four hours / 'til it starts again

[TEFT]
Come me boys and heave with me
The wind's my friend and my enemy
The Stormfather cannot be tamed
Kaladin hung for the brightlord's gain

[HOBBER]
Come me boys and heave with me
Got scabrous hands and bloody knees
With knobweed sap, we'll stave off woe
Hands will callous and our strength will grow

[MOASH]
Come me boys and heave with me
Though we dream one day to flee
And train our spears in caverns deep
Freedom only comes when you sleep

[LOPEN]
There was never a better bridge crew
Chowing down on Horneater stew
Come laugh 'round our fire and rest
Saved from despair by Stormblessed

Four Hours / Carrrying our load
Four hours / Sloggin' in the rain
Four hours / No we won't be bowed
Four hours / 'til it starts again

[TIEN]
Four hours. Enemies to meet.
Four hours. Keepin' our feet.
Four hours. Under arrow fire.
Four hours. Prepare my pyre