Lyrics
[Verse 1] You left a pin on a paper map At the edge where the highways thin No address, just a red thumbtack And a note that said, “begin” I traced the coast through abandoned names Past a lighthouse stripped of paint Every mile had a different face Every silence had a weight [Pre-Chorus] I used to need the whole truth Laid out like a verdict in a file Now i let the missing pieces Teach me how to stay awhile [Chorus] If you disappear, leave a signal Not a promise, not a plea Just one small mark in the distance Something unfinished i can read I won’t chase the vanishing point I won’t turn the dark into a sign But if you leave a door unlatched I might walk through in my own time [Verse 2] There’s a museum under the overpass Where they keep machines that failed A compass spinning in a glass case A voice recorder with its tape unspooled I heard your laugh in a broken fan Or maybe the room was cruel Funny how the heart makes evidence From anything it can use [Pre-Chorus] I used to call it forgiveness When i only wanted to forget Now i can hold the contradiction Without placing a bet [Chorus] If you disappear, leave a signal Not a promise, not a plea Just one small mark in the distance Something unfinished i can read I won’t chase the vanishing point I won’t turn the dark into a sign But if you leave a door unlatched I might walk through in my own time [Bridge] Maybe we were never a destination Maybe we were weather passing through Still, the body keeps a navigation For the places it once knew [Breakdown] No map can tell me what this means No clock can make it come back clean I’m learning not to force the answer I’m learning what the silence keeps [Final chorus] If you disappear, leave a signal Not a promise, not a plea Just one small mark in the distance Something unfinished i can read I won’t chase the vanishing point I won’t turn the dark into a sign But if you leave a door unlatched I might walk through in my own time [Outro] A red thumbtack in the paper A little farther every night No destination, no surrender Just a line i haven’t crossed tonight
