[Verse 1]
Everybody loves a headline
Crooked crop of my bad side
Screenshot of the in-between
Call it crash when it’s mid-flight
You think I’m stuck in the same place
‘Cause you only watch my worst days
Clip the frame where the wheel spins
Miss the road that I’m still on

[Chorus]
Call it retrograde
Like I’m running in reverse
But I’m still on my way
You’re reading shadows on the wall like they’re my fate
Writing me an ending while I’m turning the page
I look like I’m breaking
I’m just in retrograde
Oh
I’m not going backwards
I’m just in retrograde

[Verse 2]
You tally up all my losses
Like you’re keeping my obituary
Every pivot called a problem
Every pause another “case study”
But you don’t see the late nights
Lights on in an empty room
Failing in a straight line
Closer than I look to you (yeah)

[Chorus]
Call it retrograde
Like I’m running in reverse
But I’m still on my way
You’re reading shadows on the wall like they’re my fate
Writing me an ending while I’m turning the page
I look like I’m breaking
I’m just in retrograde
Oh
I’m not going backwards
I’m just in retrograde

[Bridge]
You love the rumor
Hate the proof (hate the proof)
You keep the rumor
I keep the truth (keep the truth)
I’ll let you talk while I move on
You can stay sure and still be wrong
If every step looks like a slip
Then let me fall right into this

[Chorus]
Call it retrograde
Like I’m running in reverse
But I’m still on my way
You’re reading shadows on the wall like they’re my fate
Writing me an ending while I’m turning the page
I look like I’m breaking
I’m just in retrograde
Oh
I’m not going backwards
I’m just in retrograde (retrograde)
I’m not going backwards
I’m just in retrograde