I found this line in the lyrics of a certain song, and I'm not quite clear on
the meaning of the first ゆく.

道無き未知をゆく 環状線を走ってく

I originally assumed it to be 行く, but that makes the sentence strange IMO.
What does ゆく mean?

Source: <http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Lyrics:_Paranoid_Lost>
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Does ゆく mean 征く in this line?
ゆく is a sort of poetic pronunciation of 行く. I believe the situation is similar
to using よい instead of いい. I have even seen song lyrics where verbs are
written as ending in -てく but the song clearly pronounces it as -てゆく. I wonder
if that's just a mistake in the transcription, but I've seen it in a number of
transcriptions. _shrugs_

In any case, I believe that the いく and ゆく pronunciations can be considered to
be semantically identical. I'm unaware of any situation where only one or the
other would be considered correct. You will hear ゆく often in songs and such,
but in regular conversation it is rare.
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