A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes.
Many maps are static two-dimensional, geometrically accurate (or approximately accurate) representations of three-dimensional space, while others are dynamic or interactive, even three-dimensional. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or imagined, without regard to context or scale; e.g. brain mapping, DNA mapping, and extraterrestrial mapping.
Cartography or map-making is the study and practice of crafting representations of the Earth upon a flat surface (see History of cartography), and one who makes maps is called a cartographer.
Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today, and form a subset of navigational maps, which also include aeronautical and nautical charts, railroad network maps, and hiking and bicycling maps. In terms of quantity, the largest number of drawn map sheets is probably made up by local surveys, carried out by municipalities, utilities, tax assessors, emergency services providers, and other local agencies. Many national surveying projects have been carried out by the military, such as the British Ordnance Survey (now a civilian government agency internationally renowned for its comprehensively detailed work).
I had a vision that the colours had bled away
and I had nothing to follow
Was in a prison and my life was stuck on replay
And all my wishes were hollow
You were a beam of light
Lit up my broken sky
There was just something about you
I had a vision and it painted the world for me
And now I'm laying beside you
I don't need to wander any more
I have found what I've been looking for
I don't need a map to know the way
I don't need a map to tell me where I'm at
Now I believe in more than I can see
Now I can breathe again and
I don't need a map to know the way
I don't need a map, you'll always light the path
The dawn is bright and
My perception is open wide
You know you flooded my senses
What you inspire is a feeling I can't describe
Forgotten all my defences
You were a beam of light
Lit up my broken sky
There was just something about you, ooh
I had a vision and you painted the world for me
And now I'm staying beside you
I don't need to wander any more
I have found what I've been looking for
I don't need a map to know the way
I don't need a map to tell me where I'm at
Now I believe in more than I can see
Now I can breathe again and
I don't need a map to know the way
I don't need a map, you'll always light the path
Follow me
I believe, I believe, I believe in more than I can see
I believe, I believe, I believe in more than I can see
Now I believe in more than I can see
Now I can breathe again and
I don't need a map to know the way
I walked across a continent
where children did not bat an eye
when made to watch their mothers die
they left the bodies by the sides of roads
where only willows cried
yes even my own eyes were dry
when somehow there I lost my bride
the ring slipped free and fell beneath the earth
so like Orpheus I bowed and went far underneath the
firmaments
my harp strings broke
my voice was spent
I kissed my lady's hand and sent
my two weeks notice with my rent
and she grew cold and softly said
I am not your lover I'm the map you use to find her
I am not your lover
I'm just a map you use to find her
I step outside my room once more
and see what I have seen before
another ship washed to my shore
a figure walked toweards my door
her face is tired her dress is torn
I look into her eyes and feel her thirst
she says I've come across these waters
high pressed on by such auspicious signs
I've watched the stars and read the tides
the winds have brought me to your side
I come to you
I am your bride
and I grew cold as I replied
that I am not your lover,
I'm the map you used to find him
I am not your lover
Oh, the sand
Oh, the spark
Oh, the open land
The swelling dark
Oh, my hands
Oh, my airy palms
Oh, the lack
Oh, my bending back
Oh, the size
Of my empty lap
Oh, my map
To distant foot hills' rise
Open hands, the span
Oh, the swelling sound
Put your finger on a map
And that's where I am
Draw a picture of the world
And that's where I am
Now and beyond
It's a long time to be gone
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
Put the needle to the groove
And listen to this
When you see your speakers move
Then you feel bliss
Now and beyond
It's a long time to be gone
I'm movin' on
(He's movin' on)
I'm movin' on
(He's movin' on)
Put your finger on a map
And that's where I am
Draw a picture of the world
And that's where I am
Now and beyond
It's a long time to be gone
I'm movin' on
(He's movin' on)
I'm movin' on
All this time
My instincts were only screaming
But now this time
I'll try my best and start hard listening
You say you love me like it grows on trees
You play it safe and say you're scares of me
But if I'm bad then baby you're much worse
I hope you hear these words.
I never
Want to find my way back
I never
Want to find my way back.
Find it back to you
Back to you
I never wanna find my way back
So I'll take you off my map.
You stalk me
Until a better man has fallen in your lap
You tried to break me
but I'm sure you'll find a bigger life
to crash
I hope he finds the messages you sent
Those empty words to me you never meant
You can say I was just a little fling
That bought you diamond rings.
I never
Want to find my way back
I never
Want to find my way back.
Find it back to you
Back to you
I never wanna find my way back
So I'll take you off my map.
It's not that I'm lost
I just don't wanna be found
If I see you
I wanna lose your face in the crowd
I never
Want to find my way back
I never
Want to find my way back.
Find it back to you
Back to you
I never wanna find my way back
So I'll take you off my map.
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