From the recording Like a Viking
Retroactive Skies - Looking back on life’s choices with acceptance, learning to see regret and growth through the same lens.
Lyrics
I stare at faded photographs, the corners curled and torn
Echoes of a younger me, chasing dreams before they’re worn
Every choice and every road, the hearts I left behind
Painted streaks across my life, like retroactive skies
The years they slip like rivers, flowing past my hands
Some days I feel the sunlight, some nights I only stand
Regrets are quiet passengers, tucked in shadowed miles
But even broken pieces shine when seen through wiser eyes
And I can’t change the past, no matter how I try
But I can learn to see it in these retroactive skies
Retroactive skies, they open where truth lies
Every faded dream reflects in my eyes
All the roads I wandered, every tear that dries
I find my peace at last in retroactive skies
Friends that came and left me, lovers I let go
Lessons learned in silence, more than I could know
Every laugh and every sorrow, etched across my eyes
Reflected in the hues of retroactive skies
I can’t return the hours, can’t undo the ties
But I can hold them gentle in these retroactive skies
Retroactive skies, they open where truth lies
Every faded dream reflects in my eyes
All the roads I wandered, every tear that dries
I find my peace at last in retroactive skies
Time folds on itself, like a story softly told
The past and present mingle, the young and now consoled
And though the clouds may linger, and shadows sometimes rise
I find my strength beneath these retroactive skies
Retroactive skies, they open where truth lies
Every faded dream reflects in my eyes
All the roads I wandered, every tear that dries
I find my peace at last in retroactive skies
Retroactive skies, the past is where it lies
But I’ve learned to walk forward under retroactive skies