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Original:

Forwards in Reverse


I travel forwards in reverse,
So I keep the surprise a bit longer,
The surprise of a new location and a new chapter.
Walking whilst I face ahead would be faster,
But it’s backwards that I face
So I don’t look in the future.

I believe the scientific term is retardation?
As I head true north with no direction,
No one is telling me where to go, although I’m not really going,
More like drifting,
No compass or map, no signs.

I wake up one morning
Continue my journey
Backwards of course,
But now you’re with me.
You are my guide.
Take me by the hand and lead me.

Bei

Edited:

Forwards in Reverse

Travel forwards in reverse,
hold the surprise a little longer.
The surprise of a new location
and new chapter.

Now face ahead
And stand up straight
And see it’s backwards that you face.
They say the term is retardation.

So you don’t see the future.
Head 'true north' with no direction.
(Though you’re not really going,
more like drifting with no compass.)

You’ll wake up one morning,
and carry on your journey,
(still backwards of course)
But now you are with me, my guide.
Take this hand and lead me.

Blunt