Song Description

"Slow Down" starts off with a frenzy of traffic and various sounds of everyday life. A feel good, easy-swinging groove quickly picks up with the help of a funky horn line. The vocal goes a long for the ride while acknowledging how quickly we get caught up in a hurried pace of living. The churning rhythm comes to a stop with the song's catchy chorus - which calls for the listener to slow down and enjoy the most important aspects of life instead of always rushing through it. The arrangement playfully stops and starts throughout the song until the slowing tempo gradually gives way to a dramatic ending.

Lyrics

Somehow it got in our head
to go as far as we can, as fast as we can.
But we still don't understand
The reasons why it just isn't worth it.
One day we wake up to find we're stacked up on the starting line,
racked up, all in a row
On your mark, get set, gunshot, go.

At some point we feel that we need to
increase our velocity
Quickly, we build up to speed
And never look back again.
We get going so fast that it seems we
Lose sight of the important things -
Happiness, whatever that may mean,
Friends and family, hopes and dreams.

Slow down, there isn't any hurry now.
Sit back, take a look around.
Relax, ain't nothin' to worry 'bout, everything will even out
Once you go and slow it down.

People try to stay with the pace
But the fact is that life is not a race.
One day it's all gonna end
So smell those roses as you pass by them.
Some folks tend to forget,
Some just haven't figured it out yet.
What you give is what you will get
Go on do the math now

Slow down, there isn't any hurry now.
Sit back, take a look around.
Relax, ain't nothin' to worry 'bout, everything will even out
Once you go and slow it down

We get lost in the hustle and the bustle and we
Make a big fuss over nothin' at all.
We get caught in the
never ending
struggle, Never knowing where we're going, why we're even going or
Where it is that we think we are.......... Where do you think you are ?

Somehow it got in our head
to go as far as we can, as fast as we can.
But we still don't understand
The reasons why it just isn't worth it.
Time keeps tickin' along
Your heartbeat keeps beatin' strong
But one day it will be gone
So listen to it beat now

Slow down, there isn't any hurry now.
Sit back, take a look around.
Relax, ain't nothin' to worry 'bout, everything will even out
Once you take the time to
Slow down, there isn't any hurry now.
Sit back, take a look around.
Relax, ain't nothin' to worry 'bout, everything will even out
Once you take the time to
Slow down, there isn't any hurry now.
Sit back, take a look around.
Relax, ain't nothin' to worry 'bout, everything will even out
Once you take the time to
Slow down, there isn't any hurry now.
Sit back, take a look around.
Relax, ain't nothin' to worry 'bout, everything will even out
Once you go and slow it down