"From ’72 to Infinity" | Ax/xA

This song is inspired by the storytelling energy of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel.
I wanted to create my own timeline — a fast-moving journey through the events, people, sounds and moments that shaped my life from 1972 to today.

At 53, I wanted to capture everything I’ve lived through, everything I witnessed, everything that changed the world while I was growing up… and even the decades I never got to experience but always imagined.

It’s all delivered in a modern rock style, with progressive influences, high energy, and a fresh, cinematic feel.
A mix of nostalgia, memory, and the fire of five decades in one track.

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VERSE 1 (1972–1980)
Watergate and Nixon fall, Bowie rising, glam rock call
Vietnam ending, disco spins, Apple starts where sparks begin
Star Wars breaking every screen, Atari glowing neon green
Yes reshaping cosmic sound, prog eruptions underground
Rocky running, punk awake, Ceaușescu’s violent quake
Iran hostage, Thatcher steel, Walkman changing how we feel

CHORUS
We didn’t calm the timeline,
It kept exploding through each headline.
We didn’t calm the timeline,
But every era carved the inner lifeline.

VERSE 2 (1980s)
Reagan era, MTV, Michael bending gravity
Cold War trembling, metal screams, Live Aid global megastreams
Chernobyl shadows in the night, Berlin cracks to freedom’s light
Nintendo levels everywhere, Tyson punch electrifies air
Marley healing, Hawking maps, Japan tech in neon laps
Rush igniting every stage, prog momentum, roaring age

CHORUS
We didn’t calm the timeline,
It kept exploding through each headline.
We didn’t calm the timeline,
But every era carved the inner lifeline.

VERSE 3 (1990s)
Soviets fading into dust, Mandela rising into trust
Nirvana tearing culture’s core, Tupac shaking every door
Titanic ruling every chart, Internet rewiring art
Dream Theater bending every frame, virtuosity aflame
Y2K in midnight air, Pokémon everywhere

VERSE 4 (2000s)
Twin Towers falling through the dawn, global maps reset and drawn
YouTube breaking TV walls, smartphones shrinking every wall
WikiLeaks and Snowden file, data twisting every mile
Steven Wilson shaping tone, modern prog in sculpted stone

VERSE 5 (2010s–2020s)
Arab Spring in crowded squares, MeToo shaking hidden snares
Bitcoin rising, oceans flame, COVID freezes every frame
Zelensky standing through the night, drones exploding out of sight
AI shifting what we seek, deepfakes dropping every week
Cory Wong ignites the groove, future prog begins to move

FINAL CHORUS
We didn’t calm the timeline,
It roared alive across our lifetime.
We didn’t calm the timeline,
But every name still carves the storyline.
Fifty years of rising light—
And the fire keeps burning bright.