They say it's a cold place Icy and grey With a wind that cuts through Marrow and bone I've heard the Earth Cracks open wide Before your eyes, it might Swallow you whole They say you can get lost for days In landscapes of great emotions In the endless nights where the sun doesn't care To crawl out of bed behind the ocean We never learned to use a compass We never learned to read these maps We've always yearned for far off countries We've never found the straight way back And it's a miracle (It's a miracle) We found true north True north They say it's an old place With ancient tales of Violence and war Passion and soul I've seen the West bleed Into the East like a slow breeze Blowing ripples of hope Does this all just show That what we know is just the tip (The tip) The tip of the iceberg We never learned to use a compass We never learned to read these maps We've always yearned for far off countries We never found the straight way back And it's a miracle (It's a miracle) Yeah it's a miracle (Miracle) We found true north (True north) We found true north True north