Equator - IDA

I am standing outside

The birds are flying west

I am in the middle of a puddle

With mud on my dress

But I liked the way that I was

And I wanted to stay that way

But I took a walk last night

And now everything, everything’s changed

I like to draw maps

I like to show you where I’ve been

This is the place where it’s hotter than summer

This is where I’m called Madeline

Have you ever felt heat so deep in your blood?

Where fire meets iron and melts down the core

This is the thing that you shouldn’t have done

And that’s what I’m gonna make you pay for this

Now that I make this noise

I don’t have to listen to you

You asked to see my compass

It’s pointed toward the sky

Time is going to give up on me

I need to learn to fly

I’m going to spread my wings

And hold my only pain

And the birds will commend my island

As I swim to the top of the rain