2 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Slow Motion (1995 Demo) Lyrics
Miss Jones taught me English
But I think I just shot her son
Cause he owed me money
With a bullet in the chest you cannot run
Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot
The one in the summer where we used to smoke pot
I guess I didn't mean it but man you should've seen it
His flesh explode
Slow motion in the ghetto
We tend to die young
Slow motion in the ghetto
What a brother knows
Slow motion in the ghetto
Now the cops will get me
But girl if you would let me
I'll take your pants off
I got a little bit of blow we could both get off
Later bathing in the afterglow
Two lines of Coke I cut with Draino
An her nose starts to bleed
A most beautiful ruby red
Slow motion in the ghetto
We'll remember these days
Slow motion in the ghetto
Urban life decays
Slow motion in the ghetto
And at home
My sister's eating paint chips again
Maybe that's why she's insane
I shut the door to her moaning
And I shoot smack in my veins
Wouldn't you?
See my neighbor's beating his wife
Because he hates his life
There's an arc to his fist as he swings
Oh man, what a beautiful thing
And death slides close to me
Won't grow old to be
A junkie wino creep
Hollywood glamorized my wrath
I'm the young urban psychopath
I incite murder
For your entertainment
'Cause I needed the money
What's your excuse?
The joke’s on you
Slow motion in the ghetto
(Oh, yeah)
Slow motion in the ghetto
(Ahhhhhh)
Slow motion in the ghetto
(Oooooo)
But I think I just shot her son
Cause he owed me money
With a bullet in the chest you cannot run
Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot
The one in the summer where we used to smoke pot
I guess I didn't mean it but man you should've seen it
His flesh explode
We tend to die young
Slow motion in the ghetto
What a brother knows
Slow motion in the ghetto
But girl if you would let me
I'll take your pants off
I got a little bit of blow we could both get off
Two lines of Coke I cut with Draino
An her nose starts to bleed
A most beautiful ruby red
We'll remember these days
Slow motion in the ghetto
Urban life decays
Slow motion in the ghetto
My sister's eating paint chips again
Maybe that's why she's insane
I shut the door to her moaning
And I shoot smack in my veins
Wouldn't you?
See my neighbor's beating his wife
Because he hates his life
There's an arc to his fist as he swings
Oh man, what a beautiful thing
Won't grow old to be
A junkie wino creep
I'm the young urban psychopath
I incite murder
For your entertainment
'Cause I needed the money
What's your excuse?
The joke’s on you
(Oh, yeah)
Slow motion in the ghetto
(Ahhhhhh)
Slow motion in the ghetto
(Oooooo)
Song Info
Submitted by
soultears On Oct 11, 2005
More Third Eye Blind
Semi-Charmed Life
Motorcycle Drive By
Jumper
How's It Going to Be
Deep Inside of You
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
What was the "different cultural meaning"?
I enjoy that he took the line 'in the ghetto' out of the chorus. It gives the song a bit more mysterious appeal. In 1995, 'ghetto' held a different cultural meaning than when the song was released in 2000, giving us a slightly different meaning than what was originally intended. Plus 'see me let go' has a smoother flow than 'in the ghetto', consonantly speaking.