Lyrics
[Verse 1] You keep a map of vanished rivers Folded in the lining of your coat Red ink marks the towns that changed their names Blue ink circles where the old roads broke You say the border moved while you were sleeping I say the paper learned to breathe There’s a country in the space between us No flag, no law, no guarantee [Pre-Chorus] When you trace that crooked latitude Your finger pauses over mine Like you found a route through forbidden ground And decided not to draw the line [Chorus] Take me where the compass loses north Where the signal drops and the rules fall through I don’t need a promise carved in stone I need one honest direction from you Let the unknown keep its open door Let the unmarked water pull us blue If the world keeps moving underneath our feet I’ll learn its rhythm next to you [Verse 2] There’s a woman on the late train platform Selling photographs of empty rooms Every frame holds somebody’s absence Every price tag names a different wound You bought the one with yellow wallpaper Though the room was never yours to leave Held it up against the passing headlights Said, “Somewhere, someone still believes” [Pre-Chorus] And the rails kept throwing sparks behind us While the town dissolved in rain You were laughing like a locked-up theater Finally opening its stage again [Chorus] Take me where the compass loses north Where the signal drops and the rules fall through I don’t need a promise carved in stone I need one honest direction from you Let the unknown keep its open door Let the unmarked water pull us blue If the world keeps moving underneath our feet I’ll learn its rhythm next to you [Bridge] No grand design, no polished answer No golden thread we have to prove Just your hand turning the map over Showing me the blank side too And if we reach the edge of the paper If the ink runs out of room We’ll name the distance something human And make a little country bloom [Final Chorus] Take me where the compass loses north Where the signal drops and the rules fall through I don’t need a promise carved in stone I need one honest direction from you Let the unknown keep its open door Let the unmarked water pull us blue If the world keeps moving underneath our feet I’ll learn its rhythm next to you I’ll learn its rhythm next to you [Outro] No flag, no law, no guarantee Just a line you leave for me
