Over the last six years Vancouver’s retrograde has released three discs, to… Read Full Bio ↴Over the last six years Vancouver’s retrograde has released three discs, toured the country over a dozen times supporting some of the nation’s biggest acts, and is now in the midst of an overdue break from the Canadian countryside. With plans to record in early 2007, the band is currently honing new songs and a new sound. retrograde’s sophomore album “This Frequency We Share” was released in Canada through MapleNationWide/Universal on September 13, 2005 and was released throughout Europe on Sweden’s Atenzia Records on October 24, 2005. The album was recorded at Matchbox Studios in Austin Texas, produced by up-and-comer Dwight Baker, and mastered in Los Angeles by veteran Dave Collins (Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, No Doubt). Four singles from the album were spun on dozens of satellite and FM stations across Canada and across platforms from Rock to commercial hit radio. Through extensive touring across the canadian outback, retrograde has directly supported bands such as Tea Party, Big Wreck, Nickelback, Default, Bif Naked, Theory of a Deadman, I Mother Earth, Big Sugar, & Wide Mouth Mason. The band has also performed at some of Canada’s biggest music festivals. Alberta's “Stage 13" Festival (attendance: 30,000+), Saskatchewan's “Rock 'N The Valley” (attendance: 50,000+) and Molson's SnowJam in Vancouver, BC (attendance: 55,000+) alongside the likes of The Tragically Hip, 3 Doors Down, Third Eye Blind, Our Lady Peace, Nickelback, Pennywise, Finger Eleven and many more.

Letting Go
Retrograde Lyrics

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Something′s taking over and no one else will ever tell
I try to shake it off now but I'm trapped below the undertow

All I can do is try to start

Letting go, Letting go now
Letting go, Letting go
It′s your way out

It's closing in around me and it's not about to let me out
I′m suffocating in here there′s gotta be a better way to help this

All I can do is try to start

Letting go, Letting go now
Letting go, Letting go it's all about
Letting go, Letting go now
It′s your way out

You'll never find out
You′ll never see
If you don't break out
And let it be

Letting go, Letting go now
Letting go, Letting go it′s all about

Letting go, Letting go now
It's your way out

Overall Meaning

The song "Letting Go" by Retrograde is about the struggle of letting go of negative emotions and feelings that bring one down. It talks about being trapped under the undertow of something as it takes over, suffocating and closing in around the individual. The lyrics of the song tell a story of the struggle of the singer to break free from the grip of these emotions that are seemingly holding them down.

The verse "Something's taking over and no one else will ever tell" can indicate that the emotions that are talked about here could be personal and subjective, something that nobody else can see or feel. The singer makes attempts to brush it off, but the emotions are still overpowering. The lines "It's closing in around me and it's not about to let me out" suggest that the singer feels trapped and unable to escape. But despite everything, they try to let go of their negative emotions and start anew, highlighted by the lines "All I can do is try to start Letting go".

The song's chorus highlights the importance of letting go of these negative emotions as a means to find a way out. The phrase "Letting go, Letting go now, it's your way out" emphasizes that holding on to your past is not sustainable and does not offer a way out of the problems being faced. The song ends with a warning that if the emotions are not dealt with, they will never be understood or resolved, as stated in the lines "You'll never find out, You'll never see, If you don't break out And let it be."

Line by Line Meaning

Something's taking over and no one else will ever tell
I feel something consuming me and I can't express it

I try to shake it off now but I'm trapped below the undertow
I am attempting to get rid of this feeling, but it keeps pulling me in deeper

All I can do is try to start
My only option is to begin

Letting go, Letting go now
I must release myself from this feeling immediately

Letting go, Letting go
I need to let go and move on

It′s your way out
It's the only way out of my situation

It's closing in around me and it's not about to let me out
This overwhelming feeling is enveloping me and won't subside

I'm suffocating in here there's gotta be a better way to help this
I'm being choked by this feeling, and I need support to overcome it

You'll never find out
If you don't face your emotions, you'll never know the truth

You'll never see
If you don't go through the process of letting go, you'll never understand

If you don't break out
If you don't free yourself from these emotions