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Artist: David Crosby
Canonical path: /david-crosby/compass
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Compass
Read Compass lyrics by David Crosby on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Compass
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I have wasted ten years in a (flind **) 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, 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
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David Crosby performs "Compass", and this lyric page sits inside the David Crosby catalog on LyroVerse.
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