Track Insight / Lyrics
You pull up where the screen went white
Speaker posts like broken teeth bite
Weeds crack the asphalt where tires spun
Projection booth stares at the sun
Copper rooster on the peak
Turns his back on the weak
Copper compass don't need no map
Just the wind and the thunderclap
Points you west where the interstate ends
Past the rust and the broken friends
Spin around, boy, tell the truth
North is north in the wasted youth
Rain hammers the roof like a flat fare
Smell of oil and electric air
You trace the vane with a cigarette glow
Watch the patina shift and grow
Green skin shining in the dark
Guiding ships in a parking lot park
Midnight movie died long ago
Projector's mute, no reel to show
But the vane keeps cutting the cold night wind
Memory's the only fare left to spend
You watch it pivot, sharp and clean
Best damn compass you ever seen
Copper compass don't need no map
Just the wind and the thunderclap
Points you west where the interstate ends
Past the rust and the broken friends
Spin around, boy, tell the truth
North is north in the wasted youth
Meter drops, the clock don't lie
Steel bird sits on a concrete sky
No passenger pays for this ride
Just the vane and the turning tide
Dawn cracks the horizon, gray and thin
You shift to drive, let the engine spin
Copper rooster catches first light
Glows like a coin in the morning bite
You drop the flag, the journey's done
North is north, kid, north is won
Copper compass don't need no map
Just the wind and the thunderclap
Points you west where the interstate ends
Past the rust and the broken friends
Spin around, boy, tell the truth
North is north in the wasted youth
Meter stops, the vane keeps turning
North is north, keep learning