Cover art for Retrograde by Pearl Jam

Retrograde

Pearl Jam
Track 11 on Gigaton  
Mar. 27, 20201 viewer13.2K views

Retrograde Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Comes the summer rain
Cue the lightning and far off thunder again
Projecting through the clouds
In meditations, lifting out in the sound

[Pre-Chorus]
The more mistakes, the more resolve
It's gonna take much more than ordinary love
To lift this up

[Chorus]
Stars align they say when
Things are better than right now
Feel the retrograde spin us 'round, 'round
Seven seas are raising
Forever futures fading out
Feel the retrograde all around, 'round

[Verse 2]
Accelerate the change
Feeling equal and opposite all the same
Momentum rearranged
Shout, the echo, returning back but now changed

[Pre-Chorus]
The rusted shapes refuse to fall
It's gonna take much more than ordinary love
To lift this up
[Chorus]
Stars align they say when
Times are better than right now
Feel the retrograde spin us 'round, 'round
Seven seas are raising
Forever futures fading out
Feel the retrograde all around, 'round

[Post-Chorus]
Hear the sound
In the distance now
Could be thunder
Or a crowd

[Outro]
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)
(Hear the sound)

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A theme throughout the album is changes on our planet. Political, in societies and definitely in our climate. Retrograde touches on the theme of a planet in environmental decline.
Retrograde means moving backwards, reverting to an earlier and inferior condition.

Instead of our planet moving forward through better human conditions, rising societies, sustainable technology, we move backwards. Back in time when things were worse.

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Recording Engineer
Percussion
Recorded At
GT Studios (Seattle, WA), Jump Site Studios (Seattle, WA) & Horseback Court (Blue Mountain, Montana)
Release Date
March 27, 2020
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