Lyrics
[Verse 1] You arrived with a map of the ocean Folded small in the heel of your hand Said the tide keeps a second devotion For the ones who don't follow the land I was counting the cracks in the pavement Where the old rail line vanished from view Then you laughed like a door unfastening And the whole town tilted toward you [Pre-Chorus] No grand design, no borrowed sign Just two strange planets crossing the line [Chorus] Meet me where the compass falters Where the blue turns silver and thin We can trade our names for water Let the unknown pull us in If the world keeps closing borders We'll draw a passage with our hands Meet me where the compass falters I will learn your shifting land [Verse 2] You kept photographs without faces Only elbows, a sleeve, a red shoe Little proof of unfinished places And the lives that were almost true I told you about my quiet rebellion A collection of keys with no doors You said, "Maybe the lock is the lesson" Then you scattered them onto the floor [Pre-Chorus] No grand design, no borrowed sign Just two strange planets crossing the line [Chorus] Meet me where the compass falters Where the blue turns silver and thin We can trade our names for water Let the unknown pull us in If the world keeps closing borders We'll draw a passage with our hands Meet me where the compass falters I will learn your shifting land [Bridge] Don't promise me forever Promise something harder to keep A truth that changes weather A current running underneath [Final Chorus] Meet me where the compass falters Where the blue turns silver and thin We can trade our names for water Let the unknown pull us in When the map forgets our footsteps And the shoreline leaves the sand Meet me where the compass falters I will learn your shifting land [Outro] Your map is open on the floor My keys are quiet in your hand No north, no shore, no closing door Just the pull we understand
