[Silence]
\n[Arrangement: Bright, circular piano-rock groove with bouncing bass, crisp drums, organ accents, and a playful \u201cback where you started\u201d feel]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nRound you go
\n(To and fro)
\nOut and back
\n(On the track)<\/p>\n
Round you go
\n(Start the show)
\nRTZ
\n(Return to zero)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nYou took a walk
\n(Down the street)
\nPast the corner store
\n(On your feet)<\/p>\n
Kept on moving
\n(Mile by mile)
\nTook the long way
\n(For a while)<\/p>\n
You went somewhere
\n(That much is true)
\nSpent some time
\n(Seeing the view)<\/p>\n
But when you came
\n(All the way home)
\nYour starting point
\n(Was still your own)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nThough you did depart
\nWhen you return to start
\nThe trip you made
\nCaused displacement to fade<\/p>\n
Though you did depart
\nWhen you return to start
\nThe miles remain
\nBut no net change<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nRTZ
\n(Return to zero)
\nNow you see
\n(Now you know)<\/p>\n
RTZ
\n(Return to zero)
\nRound you go
\n(Back to go)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nDistance counts
\n(Every stride)
\nOutward bound
\n(And back in line)<\/p>\n
Two miles traveled
\n(That part\u2019s real)
\nBut displacement
\n(Is a different deal)<\/p>\n
It only cares
\n(Where you begin)
\nAnd where you stop
\n(When you\u2019re done again)<\/p>\n
So if the finish
\n(Meets the start)
\nZero\u2019s written
\n(On the chart)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nIt\u2019s not about
\n(How far you roam)
\nIt\u2019s whether or not
\n(You came back home)<\/p>\n
The path can twist
\n(The path can bend)
\nBut zero waits
\n(At journey\u2019s end)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Piano Solo]
\n[Organ Stabs]
\n[Bass Walkdown]<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\nOut you go
\n(Back you come)
\nOut you go
\n(Displace none)<\/p>\n
Mile away
\n(Mile back home)
\nNet result?
\n(Zero zone)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nThough you did depart
\nWhen you return to start
\nThe trip you made
\nCaused displacement to fade<\/p>\n
Though you did depart
\nWhen you return to start
\nDistance was real
\nBut the net “no deal”<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nRTZ
\n(Return to zero)
\nNow you see
\n(Now you know)<\/p>\n
RTZ
\n(Return to zero)
\nBack at home
\n(Forgot your roam)<\/p>\n
RTZ
\n(Return to zero)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nRound you go
\n(There you go)
\nBack to start
\n(Whole new chart)<\/p>\n
RTZ
\n(Return to zero)<\/p>\n
About the Song
\nIn physics displacement is zero if you return to start.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n