Lyrics
[Verse 1] You keep a map of vanished rivers Folded underneath your sleeve Every crease a different answer Every border hard to read I found your name in copper filings On the floor of an old machine You said, “some things are worth rebuilding Even when they won’t run clean” [Pre-Chorus] So tell me where the compass trembles Tell me what the needle knows I can follow any silence If you leave one door unclosed [Chorus] Turn the dial, let the unknown in Lose the line we drew before There’s a language under motion There’s a pulse beneath the floor Turn the dial, don’t explain it Let the signal change its shape I’d rather meet you in the question Than be certain and escape [Verse 2] You collect the last transmission From a satellite gone dark Tiny pieces of a planet Still arriving after sparks In the glass of your old telescope I watched the blue world disappear You were laughing at the distance I was learning why you’re here [Pre-Chorus] So tell me where the compass trembles Tell me what the needle knows I can follow any silence If you leave one door unclosed [Chorus] Turn the dial, let the unknown in Lose the line we drew before There’s a language under motion There’s a pulse beneath the floor Turn the dial, don’t explain it Let the signal change its shape I’d rather meet you in the question Than be certain and escape [Bridge] No promises carved in marble No bright future on display Just your hand against the railing While the old world falls away If the coordinates are useless If the north gives up its name We can make a kind of meaning From the errors that remain [Final chorus] Turn the dial, let the unknown in Lose the line we drew before There’s a language under motion There’s a pulse beneath the floor Turn the dial, don’t explain it Let the signal change its shape I’d rather meet you in the question Than be certain and escape [Outro] Keep the map with all its fractures Keep the signal faint and strange Somewhere past the known horizon We are changing as we change
