[Silence]
[Arrangement: Bright, circular piano-rock groove with bouncing bass, crisp drums, organ accents, and a playful “back where you started” feel]
[Intro]
Round you go
(To and fro)
Out and back
(On the track)
Round you go
(Start the show)
RTZ
(Return to zero)
[Verse 1]
You took a walk
(Down the street)
Past the corner store
(On your feet)
Kept on moving
(Mile by mile)
Took the long way
(For a while)
You went somewhere
(That much is true)
Spent some time
(Seeing the view)
But when you came
(All the way home)
Your starting point
(Was still your own)
[Chorus]
Though you did depart
When you return to start
The trip you made
Caused displacement to fade
Though you did depart
When you return to start
The miles remain
But no net change
[Refrain]
RTZ
(Return to zero)
Now you see
(Now you know)
RTZ
(Return to zero)
Round you go
(Back to go)
[Verse 2]
Distance counts
(Every stride)
Outward bound
(And back in line)
Two miles traveled
(That part’s real)
But displacement
(Is a different deal)
It only cares
(Where you begin)
And where you stop
(When you’re done again)
So if the finish
(Meets the start)
Zero’s written
(On the chart)
[Bridge]
It’s not about
(How far you roam)
It’s whether or not
(You came back home)
The path can twist
(The path can bend)
But zero waits
(At journey’s end)
[Instrumental]
[Piano Solo]
[Organ Stabs]
[Bass Walkdown]
[Breakdown]
Out you go
(Back you come)
Out you go
(Displace none)
Mile away
(Mile back home)
Net result?
(Zero zone)
[Final Chorus]
Though you did depart
When you return to start
The trip you made
Caused displacement to fade
Though you did depart
When you return to start
Distance was real
But the net “no deal”
[Final Refrain]
RTZ
(Return to zero)
Now you see
(Now you know)
RTZ
(Return to zero)
Back at home
(Forgot your roam)
RTZ
(Return to zero)
[Outro]
Round you go
(There you go)
Back to start
(Whole new chart)
RTZ
(Return to zero)
About the Song
In physics displacement is zero if you return to start.
A loop around the block: If you walk 1 mile away from your house and then walk 1 mile back, your distance traveled is 2 miles, but your displacement is 0. Because your final position is the same as your initial position, there is zero net change in your location.
From the album “Displacement“