My heart is a beating compa** pointing to the pole The great expanse of stillness, the true magnetic north I know the sky-blue longing of a cloud of spiraling birds All turning in an instant, a perfect spinning whirl I feel the loneliness of magnets And the tides across the sea I am the dark valley calling To the trembling mountain peak Wherever you are tonight, as you close your eyes to sleep
Think of me as you drift away to the mist of silver dreams And I will find you in the darkness where water turns to steam Your pull upon my heart could steer ten thousand wings I feel the loneliness of magnets And trembling mountain peaks I call you from dark valleys And I hear you echoing