Azimuth Prayer

[Verse 1]
I trace the Großer Garten with a frozen thumb
On a city plan from nineteen-ninety-one.
Every bridge is drawn in perfect graphite grace,
But there's a hairline fracture running through this place.

[Pre-Chorus]
And if I set the compass to your frequency,
Does the needle tremble just for me?

[Chorus]
Just give me the load path,
I don't need the whole schematic now.
Just show me the load path,
I can build it back somehow.

[Verse 2]
It's Sunday, 4 a.m., the copper smell of rain,
On the balcony above the silent S-Bahn train.
"The forces have to balance," you once said on the phone,
Before you built a home that wasn't our own.

[Pre-Chorus]
And if I dial the number to your frequency,
Does the static sound a little bit like me?

[Chorus]
Just give me the load path,
I don't need the whole schematic now.
Just show me the load path,
I can build it back somehow.

[Bridge]
All this scaffolding just hides the empty space,
A smile I learned to pour on a concrete face.

[Chorus]
Just give me the load path,
I don't need the whole schematic now.
Just show me the load path,
I can build it back somehow.

[Outro]
The whole schematic... now...