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.
You're tall, dark and handsome
You're charming and then some
Know how to romance
I see through it all
You do everything too fast
You move like a whiplash
You're missin' the romance
And I see through it all
How did you go from being a mama's boy to a ladies' man?
I'm not goin' home with you tonight
But you can hold my hand
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
We can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
You're so unassuming
You know what you're doin'
You're lookin' right through me
And you don't realize
I just see a scared boy
Who's lookin' for new toys
Just tryin' to fill a void and you don't realize and
How did you go from being a mama's boy to a ladies' man?
I'm not goin' home with you tonight
But you can hold my hand
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
We can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
How did you go from being a mama's boy to a ladies' man?
I'm not goin' home with you tonight
Oh, but you can hold my hand
We can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
We can take it slow and (take it slow)
I can show you how to slow dance
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
You're charming and then some
Know how to romance
I see through it all
You do everything too fast
You move like a whiplash
You're missin' the romance
And I see through it all
How did you go from being a mama's boy to a ladies' man?
I'm not goin' home with you tonight
But you can hold my hand
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
We can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
You're so unassuming
You know what you're doin'
You're lookin' right through me
And you don't realize
I just see a scared boy
Who's lookin' for new toys
Just tryin' to fill a void and you don't realize and
How did you go from being a mama's boy to a ladies' man?
I'm not goin' home with you tonight
But you can hold my hand
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
We can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
How did you go from being a mama's boy to a ladies' man?
I'm not goin' home with you tonight
Oh, but you can hold my hand
We can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
We can take it slow and (take it slow)
I can show you how to slow dance
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
And we can take it slow and
I can show you how to slow dance
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Slow Dance Lyrics as written by Molly Kate Kestner Amy Kathryn Kuney
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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