Lyric discussion by meridianfrost 

Cover art for Rise lyrics by Eddie Vedder

Imo, this was the best song on the "into the wild" soundtrack. It really captured the theme of wanting to pick up, be in solitude, find yourself, and capture that elusive understanding of humanity.

"such is the way of the world" "find my direction magnetically"

Getting any empirical sense of direction is anoble human persuit.