Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Hey, hey
Wouldn't it be great, great
If we could just lay down
And wake up in Slowtown?
Today, day
I wanna go away, way
'Cause things are too fast now
I wanna be in Slowtown
I put my socks on my feet
Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes
And I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor
I remember when my brother and other kids from neighboring houses
Would get together, I'd ride my bike and my brother would ride his
Put cards in our spokes and make our engines sound like traffic
When using Pokemon cards, please do not use the holographics
So bold and fearless in the risks we'd take, laugh in the face
Of gravity as its laws we'd break
On trampolines so high we reach for the sky
But I do not look up anymore and I don't why
I put my socks on my feet
Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes
And I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor
Hey, hey
Wouldn't it be great, great
If we could just lay down
And wake up in Slowtown?
Just singing
Wouldn't it be great, great
If we could just lay down
And wake up in Slowtown?
Today, day
I wanna go away, way
'Cause things are too fast now
I wanna be in Slowtown
I put my socks on my feet
Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes
And I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor
I remember when my brother and other kids from neighboring houses
Would get together, I'd ride my bike and my brother would ride his
Put cards in our spokes and make our engines sound like traffic
When using Pokemon cards, please do not use the holographics
So bold and fearless in the risks we'd take, laugh in the face
Of gravity as its laws we'd break
On trampolines so high we reach for the sky
But I do not look up anymore and I don't why
I put my socks on my feet
Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes
And I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor
Hey, hey
Wouldn't it be great, great
If we could just lay down
And wake up in Slowtown?
Just singing
Lyrics submitted by bookhouseboy23, edited by Kayeee
Slowtown Lyrics as written by Tyler Joseph
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I'm getting ready to graduate and I think about it all the time. Getting older is scary, when your a kid you're easily entertained and you're biggest worry is if you'll be allowed to stay up just a little while longer to watch sponge bob. I don't know that's just what I got from it, I love this band and everything they stand for and I hope they continue making great music