Lyrics
[Verse 1] You traced the old river on a paper map With a red thread pinned where the mountains overlap You said the world is wider than the names we know So I packed one blue shirt and I followed where you go [Pre-Chorus] Past the county line, past the radio haze Every mile unfastens another borrowed phrase [Chorus] Take me where the wild grass bends Where the road forgets where it ends I don’t need a promise carved in stone Just your hand pointing farther on If the compass spins, let it spin There’s a thousand starts beneath our skin Take me where the wide sky opens through I’ll find the next horizon with you [Verse 2] We crossed a bridge painted the color of clay Watched freight cars carry the afternoon away A hawk held still above the quarry wall You laughed and said, “Maybe we don’t need a plan at all” [Pre-Chorus] Past the county line, past the radio haze Every mile unfastens another borrowed phrase [Chorus] Take me where the wild grass bends Where the road forgets where it ends I don’t need a promise carved in stone Just your hand pointing farther on If the compass spins, let it spin There’s a thousand starts beneath our skin Take me where the wide sky opens through I’ll find the next horizon with you [Bridge] When the trail divides beneath the cedar shade We’ll choose the path the careful never made No map can tell us what the distance means We’ll measure it in colors, valleys, and green [Final Chorus] Take me where the wild grass bends Where the road forgets where it ends I don’t need a promise carved in stone Just your hand pointing farther on If the compass spins, let it spin There’s a thousand starts beneath our skin Take me where the wide sky opens through I’ll find the next horizon with you [Outro] Farther on, farther on The hills turn gold, the day rolls on Farther on, farther on Your voice is bright against the dawn Farther on, farther on The map runs out, but we move on Farther on, farther on I’ll find the next horizon with you
