Slow Down Lyrics

Lyric discussion by blown93coupe 

Cover art for Slow Down lyrics by Ben Jelen

(All of my answers and all my reasons and All my excuses they never rest

Cause all of my answers they keep on changing I spend my life waiting for the next

No, I just keep on moving No, I just keep on pushing forward No, I've forgot what I was looking for No.)

I feel this portion of the song is about how life is ever changing and how a person has to persevere through the difficulties in life.

(All their illusions, I wont believe them I'll always believe what I can't forget cause all of their reasons They keep on changing)

The above portion seems to be about how a person can be lied to and how people can try to manipulate you. The line about believing what he cant forget seems to be about a painful life lesson he learned, and not wanting to repeat that mistake.

(Well I'd trade wisdom back in for innocence to get away from all my lies I'd trade wisdom back in for innocence to get away from getting by I'd trade wisdom back in for innocence for just one look through those eyes.)

Wishing back his innocence seems to mean that he would rather not have gained the knowledge he has acquired from painful life lessons and that he would rather go back to being naive. He would give all that he has learned from life back just to be an innocent person that isn't jaded by life.

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