Compass
Navigating Life's Uncharted Territories with Neatly Drawn Blinds
Lyrics
At what point are our minds set
Contemplating when our thoughts become fixed or established.
When is it that the answers arrive
Questioning when solutions or insights to our concerns manifest.
To solve the issues we debate
Reflecting on the timing to address the issues we discuss.
When we should let them out with the tide
Suggesting a moment to release problems, perhaps like receding with the tide.
You can program your compass
Highlighting the ability to set and control one's direction like programming a compass.
For long roads of listless nights
Referencing the navigation through extended periods of uneventful nights.
But what good does it do you
Questioning the effectiveness of such control in the face of changing circumstances.
With changing magnetic lines
Pointing out challenges posed by shifting magnetic forces.
We'll never know
Expressing uncertainty and a lack of definitive knowledge.
Guessing until we're sure
Emphasizing the act of making guesses until certainty is achieved.
That it will always be out of control
Acknowledging a perpetual sense of being out of control.
Ever-moving destinations
Describing destinations that are constantly in motion.
Lost before one foot was even out the door
Noting the elusive nature of goals, lost before even starting.
Listen to what they tell me
Listening to advice but reaching a point where it loses utility.
To a point it isn't useful anymore
Stressing the diminishing usefulness of received counsel.
It isn't gone, faith
Affirming that faith persists, albeit buried deeper in the metaphorical soil.
It's just a little deeper in the soil
Asserting that faith is not gone but resides in a subtler form.
It isn't paused, our search
Clarifying that the search is not halted, just slightly more distant than expected.
It's just a little farther off than we'd hoped
Expressing that our quest continues but faces unexpected delays.
And we'll never know
Reiterating the theme of uncertainty and the impossibility of complete knowledge.
Guessing until we're sure
Reemphasizing the continuous process of guessing until certainty is achieved.
That it will always be out of control
Reiterating the perpetual nature of being out of control.
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