Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan lyrics

Last night all my attention
Squinting westward 'ere the sunset with
A map and a compass
When a man reached up, said something
"There, against the sky, a point of light
Too invisible to give it'self
To the naked eye"

On the shore, people yellin'
In their eyes a great reflection
In the grid aware their position
Unconcerned with intuition
There can never be no sympathy
From that wilderness so let it be arrested

Swing lo, oh, Magellan
Nine-by-six or eight-by-seven
Post a sentinel at the border
Of what you attempt, what you ignore
I saw my frame in a pool of light
Oh, drowned in doubt and shame


And I knew that I had lost my sight