The Retrograde | A Broken Man Sees His Life in Reverse

Описание: “The Retrograde” is a genre-blending emotional descent played entirely in reverse, moving from collapse to innocence through glitch, distortion, and false hope. It rewinds a life frame by frame - undoing addiction, failure, love lost, and even birth itself - while shifting styles from crushing industrial chaos to melodic metal, emo nostalgia, and a fragile cinematic lullaby. What begins as a fantasy of undoing pain slowly reveals its cruelty: healing feels real, but it’s only an illusion created by reversal. The final moments strip everything bare, ending on a childlike promise of safety - only to shatter it with a single, devastating truth.

LYRICS
The screen goes black.
The math is done.
The answer is zero.

THE PAVEMENT PUSHES ME BACK INTO THE SKY!
THE BLOOD RUSHES HOME, AND I AM DRY!
THE SHATTERED GLASS LEAPS UP TO FORM THE PANE!
I’M STANDING ON THE LEDGE, I’M WHOLE AGAIN!
I TAKE THE STEP BACK ONTO SOLID GROUND!
I SWALLOW BACK THE SCREAM!
I KILL THE SOUND!
I FOUND THE PUNCHLINE TO THE COSMIC JOKE!
WE’RE JUST A FIRE DREAMING THAT IT’S SMOKE!

The whiskey flows right back into the jar!
I’m walking backwards out of this dim bar!
The eviction notice flies back to the mail!
I’m stepping out of this pathetic jail!
My wife is walking backwards through the door!
She picks the wedding ring up off the floor!
She slides it on my finger, cold and tight...
We’re screaming in reverse into the night!
"I HATE YOU" turns to "I LOVE YOU" when you play it back!
I’m filling in the fissures and the crack!

(Style: Melodic Metalcore)
(Vocals: Belting, powerful, desperate)
UN-BREAK THE MIRROR ON THE WALL!
UN-BLEED THE BODY IN THE HALL!
I’M TRADING IN THE ENDING FOR THE START!
I’M PULLING OUT THE DAGGER FROM THE HEART!
BUT IF YOU SAW THE ENDING FIRST...
THEN YOU KNOW THE BEGINNING IS A CURSE!

Wait... the gray is fading from my hair!
I haven't felt the weight of any care!
I’m shaking hands with bosses, getting hired!
I’m full of energy, I’m never tired!
I’m graduating top of every class!
I’m watching all the cloudy weather pass!
I think that I can change the world today!
I think that everything will go my way!
I AM INVINCIBLE!

I’m at the altar and I’m saying "I do."
The world is perfect and the sky is blue.
I have a lifetime stretching out ahead.
I have no monsters sleeping in my bed.
I am invincible.
I am complete.
I haven't tasted the poison of defeat.

The crib is warm.
The lights are soft.
I hear a melody floating aloft.
Momma holds me close and keeps me warm.
She says that she will hide me from the storm.
She says that I have purpose.
She says that I have light.
She says... "Everything is going to be alright."

She lied.

#IndustrialMetal #Metalstep #Emotional