Reverse Course

[Instrumental Intro: Reversed Guitar Swells, Steady Bass Pulse, Driving Electronic Drums, Ambient Synth Washes]

[Intro]
Wrong turn taken
Miles ago
Signs ignored
But now I know

Circles forming
Patterns repeat
Running desaster
On broken feet

[Verse 1]
Headlights fading in the rain
Following familiar pain
Old reactions steer the wheel
Away from what I really feel

Spent too long defending pride
Keeping doubt and truth aside
But reflection cuts the noise
Past the static of the voice

[Pre-Chorus]
Turn around
Reset the line
Leave the dead weight
Far behind

[Chorus]
Of course
(Reverse course)
Rehearse
(Going in reverse)

[Refrain]
On introspection
(The opposite direction)
Going the wrong way
(No, not another day)

…gonna change my way

[Instrumental Break: Pulsing Bassline, Delayed Synth Arpeggios, Drum Build With Reverse Cymbals]

[Verse 2]
Paths collapse when fear takes hold
Comfort keeps the story old
But the road can still divide
Toward another state of mind

Step by step the pattern bends
Cycles break and slowly end
What once pulled me off the track
Doesn’t have to pull me back

[Bridge]
Not too late
(To realign)
Shift the course
(Change the mind)

No perfection
(Just repair)
Move ahead
(From self-aware)

[Build Section: Layered Vocals, Rising Percussion, Expanding Synth Textures]

Face the past
(Don’t remain)
Learn the loss
(Release the chain)

Turn the wheel
(Change the flow)
Different path
(Different road)

[Final Chorus]
Of course
(Reverse course)
Rehearse
(Going in reverse)

[Final Refrain]
On introspection
(The opposite direction)
Going the wrong way
(No, not another day)

…gonna change my way

[Outro: Slowing Drum Pulse, Reversed Piano Echoes, Synth Drone Fades Into Silence]
Backtrack slowly
Find the line
One new choice
At a time

[Silence]

From the album Opposite