This was one of my favorite songs all the way through high school and it remains one of my favorites til this day. Every time I hear "Slow Down" I'm taken back to the very first time I ever heard it and I feel like I'm 15 again. In other words, it's quite the nostalgia trip.
*Chameleon Circuit falls under the genre of Trock Rock. In other words, all of their songs have something to do with Doctor Who. If that's not wonderfully nerdy enough, I don't know what is. :]
I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives. I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars. You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars. This is our decision, to live fast and die young. We've got the vision, now let's have some fun. Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute. Forget about our mothers and our friends We're fated to pretend To pretend We're fated to pretend To pretend I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home Yeah, I'll miss the boredem and the freedom and the time spent alone. But there's really nothing, nothing we can do Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew. The models will have children, we'll get a divorce We'll find some more models, everyting must run it's course. We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end We were fated to pretend To pretend We're fated to pretend To pretend These hammers and strings
Been following me around From a box filled garage To the dark punk rock clubs Of 1000 American towns And my friend calls me up She says, "how have you been?" I say, "dear I've been well, Yeah the money's coming But I miss you like hell. I still hear you in this Old piano, oh yeah." She says, "Andy, I know That we don't talk as much But I still hear your ghost In these old punk rock clubs Come on, write me a song Give me something to trust Just promise you won't let it be Just the keys that you touch." Give me something to believe in, A breath from the breathing So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes 'Cause lately I'm not dreaming So what's the point in sleeping? It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide So I write you a lullaby A lullaby These hammers and strings Been following me around Behind passenger vans Through the snow, dirt, and sands Of 1000 American towns And my friend calls me up With her heart heavy still She says, "Andy, the doctors Prescribed me the pills. But I know I'm not crazy. I just lost my will. So why am I, why am I Taking them still?" I need something to believe in A breath from the breathing So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes 'Cause lately I'm not dreaming So what's the point in sleeping? It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide To the sleepless, this is my reply: I will write you a lullaby, A lullaby. Give me something to believe in, So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes 'Cause lately I'm not dreaming So what's the point in sleeping? It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide To the sleepless, this is my reply: I'll write you a lullaby A lullaby, a lullaby, a lullaby Success has its price
And can you hear me now That I'm dumbing myself down? Am I filling you with doubt That I am who you thought? 'Cause I know it's just a game But I'm playing it to win I won't forget from where I came But it's time to take over Oh yeah And can you hear me now Someone save me from the sound Of my own voice Can't you tell That I sound like I'm dying? Oh yeah I'm tired of waiting Yeah, I'm tired of waiting I'm tired of being The poor, cliche, misunderstood Tired of waiting Yeah, I'm tired of waiting It's time to get faded 'Cause I can't think anymore I won't tell you how to live your life
So please stay far away from mine Always watching out for which and whethers Always running out of time Drip drop Peeling back the skin of summer Autumns, everything aligns Inside out and I'm without My heart is always running out of time Always running out of time I have to know If you'll float away with me The faster I go The further away it seems you get Are we floating nowhere yet Drip drop Try to stop the forward motion All hands tend to fall behind Wasted whethers of the witch got steeper Always running out of time Always running out of time I have to know If you'll float away with me The faster I go The further away it seems you get With all of me white And all of her red I should have stayed But I lost my head With all of our rhymes Divorcing themselves I should have stayed But I lost my head I should have stayed But I lost myself Always running out of time *Side note: I absolutely adore Regina. Her voice is amazing and her lyrics are so simplistically honest. <3
They made a statue of us And it put it on a mountain top Now tourists come and stare at us Blow bubbles with their gum Take photographs have fun, have fun They'll name a city after us And later say it's all our fault Then they'll give us a talking to Then they'll give us a talking to Because they've got years of experience We're living in a den of thieves Rummaging for answers in the pages We're living in a den of thieves And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious We wear our scarves just like a noose But not 'cause we want eternal sleep And though our parts are slightly used New ones are slave labor you can keep We're living in a den of thieves Rummaging for answers in the pages We're living in a den of thieves And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious They made a statue of us They made a statue of us The tourists come and stare at us The sculptor's marble sends regards They made a statue of us They made a statue of us Our noses have begun to rust We're living in a den of thieves Rummaging for answers in the pages Were living in a den of thieves And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious And it's contagious |