Name: Backwards on the Train
Duration: P00H02M52S
Description: The sense of rolling backwards, like a calendar or a clock unwinding.

Backwards on the Train

from The Book of Absolution (2022) by Anthony Toner

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The sense of rolling backwards, like a calendar or a clock unwinding.

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Backwards on the Train

I’m rolling backwards on the train
The world comes in over my shoulder.
I reverse into my future,
But somehow that just makes me feel older.
All the rivers we cross and every town,
feel like the movie of my life, the wrong way round.

I’m rolling backwards on the train -
you never know what’s coming down the line.
Maybe that’s just for the best,
whatever it is, you’re already out of time.
All the mistakes you made way back then –
you get the chance to make them all again.

All the people in the stations,
they can’t wait for time to pass.
They just want to be in motion -
whatever’s gonna happen, make it fast, make it fast.

I’m rolling backwards on the train,
my destination’s already behind me.
The sky keeps getting darker
like a storm is up there, looking round to find me.
It comes in with gale force winds,
when it goes it leaves a multitude of sins.

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from The Book of Absolution (2022), released November 14, 2022
Anthony Toner: Vocals and Guitars
Clive Culbertson: Bass

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Anthony Toner Belfast, UK

An independent singer songwriter and guitarist, based in Belfast.

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