[Verse 2] Testing fate and cheating death No one ever told me it was gonna be like this Contemplate the randomness When the mind is willing, it gets downright perilous
[Pre-Chorus] Overburdened, underwhelmed, their ethical decrees That's your moral compass, but what good is it to me?
In “True North,” the title track of Bad Religion’s sixteenth studio album, lyricist and lead singer Greg Graffin presents an extended metaphor that compares his search for morality to physical navigation as he attempts to calibrate his moral compass. He touches on topics such as religious doctrine and ethical reasoning throughout.
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