Swing Lo Magellan Lyrics - Swing Lo Magellan - The Dirty Projectors

Last night all my attention squinting westward at the sunset 

With a map and a compass when a man reached up, said something 

There against the sky a point of light 

Too invisible to give itself to the naked eye 

On the shore people yelling in their eyes a great reflection 

In the grid aware their position unconcerned with intuition 

There could never be no sympathy from that wilderness so let it be arrested 

Swing lo oh Magellan, 9 by 6 or 8 by 7 

Post a sentinel at the border of what you attempt 

What you ignore I saw my frame in a pool of light 

All drown in doubt and shame and I knew that I had lost my sight 

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