[Verse 1] I sent them all away Again Like I always do When the world becomes Too loud to hear myself inside it Empty throne Empty road Just me and the silence And a pull I did not ask for
[Pre-Chorus] It is pointing north I know it is pointing north I have demanded an explanation From the air The air said nothing
[Chorus] True north I hate the north Cold and foreign and not mine True north My star is in the south My power, my home, my sign True north Something is calling And I refuse to call it fate True north I am walking anyway Against my will Against my name
[Verse 2] I know the south The south knows me Sigma Octantis Ancient and still Sealed in the beginning Before the gods decided what I was That is home That is mine So why am I walking Away from it
[Pre-Chorus 2] I have faced ancient ones I have commanded riders I have won a war that meant nothing And I cannot stop Walking north
[Chorus] True north I hate the north Cold and foreign and not mine True north My star is in the south My power, my home, my sign True north Something is calling And I refuse to call it fate True north I am walking anyway Against my will Against my name
[Bridge — quiet, confused, almost vulnerable] I do not understand this I am the one who commands I am the one who decides direction I am the one who built the roads
And yet
North North North
I hate that I am walking north I hate that the cold feels Almost Like something I have been in before I hate that somewhere in my chest There is a word I cannot say Forming
[Outro — walking, unresolved, compelled] I am walking north I hate the north The north is cold And I am walking Into it Anyway
Something in the north Is waiting And I will demand it Explain itself When I arrive