Second North

[Verse — restless acoustic bass]
I drew the roads around the dunes
Got all your caravans through June
You point at miles we didn't take
Not all the lives I helped you save

[Pre-Chorus]
My compass has a second north
That pulls where none of us have gone

[Chorus — ascending]
One needle points to everyone
One to the life I haven't begun
I'd turn the map to empty white
And follow my own stars tonight
But people sleep beside the trail
And trust me not to let them fail
(Which way? Which way?)

[Bridge — half-time]
Each dawn the second needle burns
Each dusk I make the same old turn

[Outro]
The desert keeps both roads in sight
I guide them left. I dream of right