north by north east

is it too early to look back?, is it too late to change tack?, gray street was for keeps, but i was brought up on durham street, rewind the tapes to make the memories, we knew we'd arrived, when we wrote down the time, past polaroid puddles, and skeletal shipyards, in the blink of a bridge's eye, throwing the gauntlet down in our adopted town, i couldn't tell you what it means, but i know that the compass reads, north by north east, north by north east, i couldn't tell you what it means, but i know that the compass reads, north by north east, north by north east, we ran down walls and hills, with super 8 cameras, creating our own world, a blueprint for being, rewind the film to make the memories, days blind from the glare on the tyne, free wine from the gallery on friday night, meeting my future wife, throwing the gauntlet down in our adopted town, i couldn't tell you what it means, but i know that the compass reads, north by north east, north by north east, i couldn't tell you what it means, but i know that the compass reads, north by north east, north by north east, somehow i know that i'm home when i'm here