Compass

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I've been trying to hold on with an iron grip
but my hands can barely hold this whip
to prod the horses of my will forward

the candle burns low, but even so
the flame it grows a higher
in the light of the night our faces are carved
of ash and stone and fire

and the wax it pools at the foot of the towers
that pretend to be the moon for all the moths this hour
and they stop flying higher thought their compass was the fire

So before you sleep
and after you wake
make sure you take the time to calculate
does your compass lie in the moon or in the fire

the moon she cries out, look at me I'm so far away
but my cool light is constant, that you know
just use me to see where you've gotta go you gotta go

so dive in my young friend, don't worry what's round the bend
for mysteries are plenty even in heaven
and the call of the wild is knockin at your door you should open

but before you sleep
in your fresh bed of pines
and after you wake
with the sky in your eyes
just make sure you take the time to finalize
where your compass lies

and before you sleep in your fresh bed of pines
and after you wake with the sky in your eyes
just make sure you take the time to finalize
where your compass lies

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released November 26, 2013

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