Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan lyrics

Last night all my attention Squinting westward at the sunset With a map and a compa** When a man reached up, said something "There against the sky a point of light, Too invisible to give itself to the naked eye." On the shore people yelling In their eyes a great reflection In the grid aware their position Unconcerned with intuition There could never be no sympathy From that wilderness so let it be arrested Swing lo oh Magellan 9 x 6 or 8 x 7 Post a sentinel at the border of what you attempt What you ignore I saw my frame in a pool of light All drown in doubt and shame And I knew that I had lost my sight