Carthographer

[INTRO] [Pencil on paper] [Turning pages] [Ocean ambience] [Soft radio static] [Compass click] [VERSE 1] I spread the charts across the table Every version tells a lie Coastlines shifting in the margins Islands drifting through the night One map shows an empty ocean One reveals a distant shore One contains a harbor hidden That the others all ignore Every line I draw grows stranger Every note raises a doubt Yet the places keep appearing Whether I can explain them or not [PRE-CHORUS] Somewhere beyond the sounding lines Beyond the bearings and the tides The world is larger than the maps We leave behind [CHORUS] Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find Mark the harbors Mark the lights Mark the edges of the night Draw the stories Draw the signs Draw what disappears with time Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find [DROP] Charts can't find Charts can't find [VERSE 2] Beacon Seven sits unlisted Off a coast that shifts each year The Other Coast glows in the distance Yet refuses to appear Lost coordinates keep moving Signals drift beyond the range Every time I think I've mapped it The world decides to rearrange Still I keep recording details Every light and every name Because forgotten things grow fragile When nobody remains [PRE-CHORUS] Somewhere beyond the sounding lines Beyond the bearings and the tides The world is larger than the maps We leave behind [CHORUS] Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find Mark the harbors Mark the lights Mark the edges of the night Draw the stories Draw the signs Draw what disappears with time Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find [DROP] Charts can't find Charts can't find [RADAR SWEEP] [BRIDGE] Maybe maps were never meant To tell us where to go Maybe maps exist to prove How little we really know Maybe every generation Loses pieces of the world And someone has to keep drawing Before the last page turns [BUILD] Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places Still alive Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Before they fade Before they hide [FINAL CHORUS] Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find Mark the harbors Mark the lights Mark the edges of the night Draw the stories Draw the signs Draw what disappears with time Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find Draw the shoreline Draw the tide Draw the places charts can't find [OUTRO] [Pencil scratching] [Compass click] [Radio voice:] Archive updated. Continue mapping. Transmission continues...