I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I got a crack in my windshield,
I know exactly how it feels,
It's comin' apart the hard way,
It gets a little more shattered each day
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast?
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long will this last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Feels like I'm frozen in a dream
I can't run, can't even scream
I'm trying to fight but I can't get my fist up
How does somebody get so messed up
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast?
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long will this last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Let go, let go
Why can't I make myself do it
I don't know
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast?
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long will this last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
I know exactly how it feels,
It's comin' apart the hard way,
It gets a little more shattered each day
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast?
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long will this last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Feels like I'm frozen in a dream
I can't run, can't even scream
I'm trying to fight but I can't get my fist up
How does somebody get so messed up
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast?
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long will this last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Let go, let go
Why can't I make myself do it
I don't know
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking slow motion
Oh oh oh, how did it hit me so fast?
It hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
Somebody tell me how long will this last
'Cause oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Oh oh oh, I'm breaking in slow motion
Lyrics submitted by Keystonegal06
Slow Motion Lyrics as written by Kenny Alphin John D. Rich
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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WHAT!?!? Nobody likes this song? This is my favorite Big n Rich song, and I like them alot already! Anyways, as for the meaning....I think it might be about a bad break-up with someone he loves. "It gets a little more shattered each day" This proves that it's about something that lasts, not a fight or car crash(which I originally thought LOL). It's kind of sad how the portray it. "I'm Breaking in slow motion" They fit me so well, and alot of other people who lost someone they can't seem to forget about, but that was their intended purpouse.