Retrograde Songtext
von HofB

They said the jump would only cost me a decade of light
But the time dilation stole every star from my night
I left the atmosphere chasing a promise of dream
Now the sky I came back to doesn′t even feel the same
The towers are taller, the streets have a different line
And the ghost in the mirror isn't even truly mine

I walk these city grids where the future is loud
Just a fading echo in the face of the crowd
They′re speaking new languages, singing the songs I missed
And I'm trapped in the gravity of the years I lost

I'm just trying to fly in retrograde
Spin the clock back to the promise that was made
It′s a lonely orbit, a silent burning wake
I need to find the frequency of the time that they forsake
Just trying to fly in retrograde
Back to the Earth I knew before it began to fade


The data on my chip says my family moved on
My apartment is glass where the memories are gone
I saw a picture of you, maybe your great-grandchild′s face
The eyes were familiar, but they were in the wrong place
I try to tune the old radio to a band I recall
Just static and whispers bouncing off the steel walls

I'm running on momentum that′s already spent
A message in a bottle was never truly sent
I trace the lines of latitude, but they don't seem
To lead back to the moment when I planted the seed

I′m just trying to fly in retrograde
Spin the clock back to the promise that was made
It's a lonely orbit, a silent burning wake
I need to find the frequency of the time that they forsake
Just trying to fly in retrograde
Back to the Earth I knew before it began to fade

The rotation is fixed, but my heading is wrong
I′m orbiting a future where I don't belong
I'm not looking for you, I′m looking for me
In the singularity of what used to be

Fly retrograde
Time retrograde