Lyrics
[Verse 1] You drew a map in disappearing ink Across the back of a museum ticket Said every locked room has a second door If you stop asking what the first was for I watched the guards change shifts at noon While your red scarf cut across the blue You had a name for every borrowed face And left no footprint in the marble maze [Pre-Chorus] Tell me what you found Past the velvet rope Was it solid ground Or another kind of hope? [Chorus] Take me where the compass loses nerve Where the hidden currents bend and swerve If the world keeps moving, let it move I’ll follow the strange direction you choose No promise carved in stone tonight Just your hand making the wrong turn right Take me where the compass loses nerve Let the unknown show us what we’re worth [Verse 2] A radio tower blinked in coded red You translated every pulse inside your head Said the signal wasn’t calling us back home It was proof that we were not alone We crossed the river under freight-train thunder Counted seven sparks and then a hundred Your laugh broke through the metal and the rain Like a match struck underneath a train [Pre-Chorus] Tell me what you hear Between the lines of sound Is it danger drawing near Or a door beneath the ground? [Chorus] Take me where the compass loses nerve Where the hidden currents bend and swerve If the world keeps moving, let it move I’ll follow the strange direction you choose No promise carved in stone tonight Just your hand making the wrong turn right Take me where the compass loses nerve Let the unknown show us what we’re worth [Bridge] Maybe we were never meant to arrive Maybe getting lost is how we stay alive You say, “Don’t name it yet, don’t make it small” I hear the future leaning through the wall [Breakdown] Say less Move close Let the silence rearrange us One breath Two roads Nothing here can safely name us [Final Chorus] Take me where the compass loses nerve Where the hidden currents bend and swerve If the world keeps moving, let it move I’ll follow the strange direction you choose No promise carved in stone tonight Just your hand making the wrong turn right Take me where the compass loses nerve Let the unknown show us what we’re worth [Outro] Your red scarf fades beyond the river bend I lose the map, but not the way you led
