Even when told that he'd circled the farm The boy was convinced that he'd walked a straight line Pointing due north, he told them Polaris, of all of the stars, had led him the farthest Inside by the fire, the boy warmed his hands His sisters brought cocoa and biscuits and ham And they giggled and chided their little Columbus who never abandoned his own little compass When you get a bit older There'll be times when you wander Away from your family And your friends You may look down upon the earth And those strange human beings From the masterful space that you're in And soon you will wonder With the distance you put there How you'll ever get back to them But don't give up Don't give up No matter how long you've been away Don't give up Don't give up You can always go back ... Go back to love There are things you must push through And things that will push you And tear at the hope in your chest Let the body go limp then Don't brace for resistance Cause the trick to re-entry Is knowing that you never left But don't give up Don't give up No matter how high you've hung yourself Don't give up Don't give up You can always go back You can always go back... to love