“My Backwards Walk” by Manchester Orchestra – A Song Feature

     The last day of his struggle with mental health was a little more than a year ago. In memory, the family of Frightened Rabbit’s frontman Scott Hutchison established a mental health charity named Tiny Changes. The name is based on a quote from Scott: “While I’m alive I’ll make tiny changes to earth.”

     To aid the charity’s focus on raising the education and awareness of mental illness in young people and children, several artists contributed covers of songs from Frightened Rabbit. On July 21, 2019, a 17-track CD will be released. The CD can be pre-ordered at https://frightenedrabbit.warnerartists.net/uk/music/tiny-changes-cd.html

     “My Backwards Walk” by Manchester Orchestra is emotional. The heartfelt description of the relationship is supported by Shoegaze guitar during the early segment, a combination of guitar approaches in the center segment, and percussion in the closing.

Lyrics of “My Backwards Walk” by Manchester Orchestra

I'm working on my backwards walk

Walking with no shoes or socks

And the time rewinds to the end of May

I wish we'd never met, then met today

I'm working on my faults and cracks

Filling in the blanks and gaps

And when I write them out they don't make sense

I need you to pencil in the rest

I'm working on drawing a straight line

And I'll draw until I get one right

And it's bold and dark girl, can't you see

I done drawn a line between you and me

I'm working on erasing you

I just don't have the proper tools

I get hammered, forget that you exist

There's no way that I'm forgetting this

I'm working hard on walking out

Shoes keep sticking to the ground

My clothes won't let me close the door

It’s the trousers seem to love your floor

I been working on my backwards walk

There's nowhere else for me to go

Except back to you just one last time

Say yes before I change my mind

Say yes before I...

You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it [Repeating]

Julien Baker – “The Modern Leper” (from Tiny Changes)