Thanks! I think one of the main reasons it sounds natural to reverse is because of the piano in the second half making it so the song doesn’t just have a “normal part” and a “reverse part”. It’s like a secret instrument that gets “unlocked” when you go backwards.
I’m also glad you liked the cover art. It’s a picture of my face taken with weird settings on my Logitech camera, then I flipped the left side to make it symmetrical, or in this case, palindromic. I also added a lot of effects, too.
I’m glad you enjoyed it all!