Extremely brilliant... "egos collide" is exactly right.

but I have another interpretation- if anything Curt seems to be singing slower than the music, right, so he's going to "hit the bridge" (i.e. hit the bridge music track) "half a verse early" (i.e. while he's still singing halfway through the lyrics' verse right before the bridge).

And by the way, this is a simply wonderful resource. Thank you so much!