the loneliest place on the map

this place is so far away

from what passes for civilized life

no shops and no cars and no city lights

just a river of stars

over the southernmost ocean so cold

a small group of rocks

seagulls and ice

some ramshackle huts

a paper in french from long ago

a finger that juts out into the foam

no boats come this way

a few expeditions that pass now and then

they'll be back someday

but i don't know when

it's the loneliest place on the map

night time is utterly black

i came here by some grave mishap

and i can't find my way back

it's all as remote

as the wintry smile that you gave

as you buttoned your coat

and love was erased

so this is goodbye

i see you silently rowing away

the desolate sky threatening rain

it's the loneliest place on the map

night time is utterly black

i came here by some grave mishap

and i can't find my way back