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...
[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)
Retrograde was written by Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready.
Retrograde was produced by Pearl Jam & Josh Evans.
Pearl Jam released Retrograde on Fri Mar 27 2020.