Slow Down Lyrics

I hear your voice now

Clearer than ever

And it's telling me things I don't want to hear

To break a promise

One I've kept

That I'll love you until the day I die

But could you slow down for a minute

You don't need to know exactly how this ends

Take it in now if you let it

It'll be just like a song that I won't send

And when you find another's arms

I hope they give you their hands, their home, their heart

I'll make it clear now

I won't be poetic

Cause plain and simple things'll never be the same

I could drive down

And lay my heart out

But we cant recapture we can only recreate

Could you slow down for a minute

I only know how to need you like a breath

I will grow up and this will change

But if I'm honest with us both, I'm not there yet

I think I'll love you

Even when I'm old enough to know

I was dreaming trying to make this world our own

There's a lover

He's your real future

And I hope that he never makes you cry

I'll be honest

I thought it'd be me

But you'll be loved someday and you won't need to fight

To be his whole world

To bring his guard down

To love you like a man and not a boy

And I'm sorry

But don't look back now

Cause he'll do more than love you well, he'll love you right

But could you stay here for a minute

I've become the child that I try to protect

Cause he knows you're leaving

No, I know you're leaving

And you don't have to stay forever, just don't leave like this

Baby slow down

for a minute

I'm not ready just to be someone you loved

I know you did

I hope you do

But you loved me well, so leave me well

And that would be enough

And I know that

Well and right aren't the same

But I don't think I'll ever truly know

Why when you left me

You couldn't

Tell me that you love me but you knew you had to go

I love you still and I always will

Baby slow down

Baby slow down

If you were bleeding

In a hospital gown

And the needles and the tubes whispered "it's time"

I wouldn't ask you

To stay in pain, love

I'd just hold you close and try to ease your mind

And hope you'd slow down

For a minute

Find the strength to say you don't regret a thing

Then leave in peace

And leave with dignity

Slip away knowing your heart will go with me