Slow Down

Even a vow that breaks is a metaphor-

Nothing's for sure

Even a tooth that cracks

Can bite your back

Even a heart that's pure

Is an invatation ripe for breaking

Even the ones who know

Don't know for sure

But you better slow down-

Can't you see your feet have left the ground?

And I'm the world below

You better slow down

Everytime you speak I hear the sound-

But your lips are steel

Even a bond that breaks

Is a talent tale-

A heart can grow stale

Even an atheist will swear to God

And all of this talk of love-

You can say "forever" like "whatever."

Even the ones you love

Don't have to love you back

But you better slow down

Can't you see your feet have left the ground?

I'm the world below

You better slow down

Everytime you speak I hear the sound-

But your lips are steel

Take all my hope for you,

Send it off alone

Yeah, make it take the night bus home.

Making it share a seat-

A seat alone

But the drunk in the bars,

An old woman keeping score

Of the time she felt defeated-

Will the crowd please remain seated?

I let you go...

You better slow down

Can't you see your feet have left the ground?

And I'm the world below

You better slow down

Everytime you speak there is no sound-

And it's deafening

You better slow down

Can't you see your feet don't touch the ground?

And there is a world below

You better slow down

And everytime you speak there is no sound

It's killing me

And it's killing me

'Cause it's deafening-

There's a world below,

And it's out of reach.

And it's much too far-

When I hear you speak-

Out of reach-

And it deafens me

'Cause it's deafening.

Yeah it's deafening-

And it's deafening.

Yeah it's deafening