[Verse 1] I drew the hill where the table stood Put a blue river through the cedar wood My compass spun; I let it choose A road that wandered past the truth [Pre-Chorus] You say, “That line won’t take you home” I say, “It found a place unknown” [Chorus] Turn by the mountain I made up Cross where the paper river bends My crooked map is not a failure It knows a door around the end I’ll take the road that bears my name With all its wrong turns in the frame [Verse 2] I marked the orchard miles too wide Left empty space on either side The ink ran north; the shore ran west Still, there’s a harbor past the mess [Pre-Chorus] No borrowed grid can tell me where A life begins from what is there [Chorus] Turn by the mountain I made up Cross where the paper river bends My crooked map is not a failure It knows a door around the end I’ll take the road that bears my name With all its wrong turns in the frame [Airy Breakdown] Fold the page; leave room to roam There’s more than one way forward home [Final Chorus] Turn by the mountain I made up Cross where the paper river bends My crooked map is not a failure It leads to places without ends I’ll take the road that bears my name And draw tomorrow in the frame
