Beast & Beauty Lyrics

Lyric discussion by El_Lobo 

Cover art for Beast & Beauty lyrics by Damien Rice

I cried at "Oh no my love and lonely friend; how slow are we gonna take this bend; it's a long road with a cold and stoney end. Where do you go to pretend?" The first one, I mean.

what do you think "how slow are we gonna take this bend" means? the only thing i can think of is taking a relationship slowly and not rushing into anything too quickly, but i'm not sure if that fits into this song.