Slowdown
Journey of Redemption: Morning Midnight's 'Slowdown' Meaning
Lyrics
Driving out, from California
Leaving California, possibly eager to depart
Couldn’t wait to go and now I want to leave
Initially excited to leave but now desires to return
Knowing how, I won’t forgive you
Unwillingness to forgive someone
Might have learned to understand eventually
Possibly understanding but took time to comprehend
Here it comes, a tiny need
A small urge arising
To circumvent the feeling I’m not what I mean
Trying to evade feeling misunderstood
Hear me out, I’m gaining speed
Increasing momentum or pace
Condescending every choice that I repeat
Looking down upon repetitive choices
And I won’t come back, I won’t come back the same
Avoiding returning as the same person
If you called me back, I wouldn’t find the way
Unable to find the way back if called
When I had your back, now all I feel is shame
Previously supportive, now overwhelmed by shame
And if I knew that, but wouldn’t change a thing
Acceptance of past actions without changing them
I would hope this never finds you
Wishing for something to not affect someone else
Like a bottle always floating on the sea
Metaphorically like a drifting bottle at sea
Never gone but in the distance
Presence felt from a distance
Like an ending you would never want to dream
An unwanted conclusion or outcome
Here it comes, a tiny need
Reiteration of a small urge to avoid misunderstanding
To circumvent the feeling I’m not what I mean
Continued effort to sidestep feeling misunderstood
Hear me out, I’m gaining speed
Increasing momentum or pace (repeated)
Condescending every choice that I repeat
Looking down upon repetitive choices (repeated)
And I won’t come back, I won’t come back the same
Emphasizing change after not returning the same
If you called me back, I wouldn’t find the way
Lost, unable to find the way back if called (repeated)
When I had your back, now all I feel is shame
Shift from support to overwhelming shame (repeated)
And if I knew that, but wouldn’t change a thing
Acceptance of the past despite knowing the outcome
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