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