Slow Ride

Intro

mmm (ooh) / soft track, soft track

train on the rails, low and slow (shh)

(echo) mmm, mmm

Verse

Window fogged, city slides by like a slow film

Coffee cup empty, thumb tracing the rim

Streetlamp halos fold into the dark

Dashboard glow keeps the map of my heart

You left a sweater in the seat beside me

Faded like a song I used to sing

Clack-clack of the wheels, it knows my name

I breathe out letters that never made the train

Pre-chorus

Oh—uh-huh, hold this quiet with me (hold it)

Soft hum, soft hum, like a memory (like a memory)

Let the world go soft around the seams

Let the night stitch up the in-between

Chorus

Slow ride, slow ride, keep me low, keep me low

Slow ride, slow ride, let the night move slow (mmm)

Whoa—oh-oh, whoa—oh-oh, keep the lights small

Whoa—oh-oh, whoa—oh-oh, I don't need much at all

Slow ride, slow ride, keep me low, keep me low

Slow ride, slow ride, let the night move slow (let it)

Verse

Tape hiss, piano loop, the chord lingers on

I count the stations where you should've been gone

A syllable of your name drifts past the door

Like a little freight of regret, nothing more

I fold my hands around the warmth that's left

Silence sits heavy but not like theft

The track keeps time for the slow and true

Every little clack a metronome for missing you

Bridge

Mm—na-na, soft and steady (na-na)

The sky pours ink, I write nothing heavy (nah)

Street smells like rain and old paper plans

I trace a line from then to now with my hands

Chorus

Slow ride, slow ride, keep me low, keep me low

Slow ride, slow ride, let the night move slow (mmm)

Whoa—oh-oh, whoa—oh-oh, keep the lights small

Whoa—oh-oh, whoa—oh-oh, I don't need much at all

Slow ride, slow ride, keep me low, keep me low

Slow ride, slow ride, let the night move slow (let it)

Outro

mmm (ooh) / train hum, piano loop

let the night move slow… (shh)