compass

Singer: crosby, stills, nash & young

i have wasted ten years in a blind-fold

ten-fold more than i've invested now in sight. i have traveled beveled mirrors in a fly crawl

losing the reflection of a fight. but like a compass seeking north

there lives in me a still

sure

spirit part. clouds of doubt are cut asunder. by the lightning and the thunder

shining from the compass of my heart. i have flown the frantic flight of the bat-wing

and only known the dark because of that

i have seized death's door-handle

like a fish out of the water

waiting for the mercy of the cat. but like a compass seeking north

there lives in me a still

sure

spirit part. clouds of doubt are cut asunder. by the lightning and the thunder

shining from the compass of my heart.

Lyric Context: compass - crosby, stills, nash & young