Gold

from We Were Giants Once by Shapes in the Water

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They said our maps were out of date
So waste time while we get some new ones made
So you can celebrate
When every road had changed
And every town's been rearranged
You'll never feel more lost or so stray

Found an ocean underground
And I've been trying to dig it out
But there's nothing there but gold
There's nothing there but gold

Is there something i can put in the earth to make the cycles stop
We searched for miles with no luck
We searched for days and got lost
A switch somebody flipped and then somehow forgot
We searched for miles with no luck
We searched for days and got lost

Is there somewhere i can go to get lost
Trade in most of my thoughts
See what it's like to be calm
And not stringing myself along

'Cause I’ve been feeling so vague
I don't have anything to blame
If it's just the same, I'll wait it out
And not think about

When they said our maps were out of date
So hang tight
And we'll get some new ones made
To soon be thrown away
When every road is changed
We switch some letters in some names
So you can feel lost and out of place

Found an ocean underground
And I've been trying to dig it out
But there's nothing there but gold
There's nothing there but gold

It was better being incomplete
Knew what to do when I knew what to be

We searched for miles with no luck
We searched for days and got lost

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from We Were Giants Once, released May 14, 2019

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