Analysis of Fall Back Forward Repeat
Tristan 2001 (Seattle)
I long for freedom
From being locked in the past
So I throw away the key cuz
Like Orpheus
I can’t stop myself from looking back
Me, I ignore the facts
Place you on a pedestal
This is a sweet teenage fantasy
Thoughts of me and you under a canopy
you can bet Imma snatch that ecstasy
Close my eyes to avoid consequence
Ruminate, attach, latch
my favorite sequence
Regret, forget, but I digress
No no, wait
One, two, three
Too many thoughts built up
Four Five Seven!
My mental is fucked up
SixFiveNine
NO NO NO NO NO NO
Violent voices overwhelming me
Telling me I’m lazy
Saying I don’t do enough
Screaming at me to JUST FUCKING DO IT!
Like that’ll make me give a fuck
How you gon say its tough love
Like it’s all good
Motherfucker, you make me wanna-
Wait Stop Stop!
Don’t share that
Rewind it back
My mind can’t decide when to be
Intensity heat I will feel
WhenIf I focus on the past tendse
To bring me to way back then
Time is a one-way street
So I fall back forward repeat
Pressing the pedal to push onward
My car switches reverse
My gears unfurl
Back it up back up backs up BackUp!
I hit potholes
I’ve already past
I drived too fast
speedup SpedUP SPEEDup SPEED UP!
Until I finally-
Scheme | XABBC BXBDBBXBB X DEFEFX DBXXXXXX XXC DXBX GGXBXEBAAED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 1101001 11101011 1100 11111101 110101 1110100 11011100 11101100100 111111100 111101100 10011 110010 01011101 111 111 110111 1110 110111 1 111111 100100101 101110 1011101 1011111011 1111101 1111111 1111 101011110 111 111 1011 1111111 01001111 11101011 1111111 110111 11111001 100101110 111001 1101 11111111 111 10101 1111 11111 011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,215 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 9, 1, 6, 8, 3, 4, 11 |
Lines Amount | 47 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
I wish I could put audio of me performing the song, but ideally, it’s read in waves of increased and decreased intensity and speed. Also, I don’t want to say too much about my exact thoughts as I wrote this because I think it mostly speaks for itself, I want this to be more up to interpretation, and I hope it’s easier to find at least one relatable line. Lastly, all misspellings towards the end were intended.
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Written on September 19, 2022
Submitted by MaxWrites on September 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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