I am a broken compass
My east is now my west
The north it points away from me
and south can’t know what’s best
My legs are weak and trembling
my eyes are bloodshot red
The past is wrapped up nice and tight
and trapped inside my head.
I am a broken compass
all navigation shot
the sun and stars and even mars
are all that I have got.
My mind is lost and lonely
My heart is filled with pain
remembering what I once had
is driving me insane.
–2001
At the time, this represented what I felt about a recent relationship ending. It is now a testimony to how I feel about the fall of man.