Lyrics
[Verse 1] You keep a map inside your sleeve Marked with places you won't name I watch your thumb cross county lines Then fold the paper back the same A red buoy knocks against the pier Keeping time with your retreat You say the tide can read a person I say it only moves their feet [Pre-Chorus] Don't give me a polished answer Give me the part that changed your mind [Chorus] Tell me where the compass broke What did you find beyond the smoke? You don't have to make it pretty You don't have to make it known Leave one truth between us Like a stone beneath the undertow [Verse 2] There is a name carved in the railing Half erased beneath the paint You run your finger through the letters Like a promise you can't state Far offshore, a cargo vessel Turns its single amber eye Every distance has a language Every silence chooses sides [Pre-Chorus] Don't give me a polished answer Give me the part that changed your mind [Chorus] Tell me where the compass broke What did you find beyond the smoke? You don't have to make it pretty You don't have to make it known Leave one truth between us Like a stone beneath the undertow [Bridge] If you go, go without ceremony No grand goodbye, no borrowed flame But if you stay, stay unguarded Let the unknown keep its name [Break] I can hear the harbor breathing Under every word you hold [Final Chorus] Tell me where the compass broke What did you find beyond the smoke? You don't have to make it pretty You don't have to make it known Leave one truth between us Like a stone beneath the undertow [Outro] The tide withdraws, the rail goes quiet Your hand is open now No map, no oath, no destination Just the weight of what you found
