The first line of “Slow Motion” by PHOX, “Everything I do, I do in slow motion,” is relatable to me on so many levels. I remember with depression, I felt like I took way too much time to complete simple tasks, and that time itself was a sloth. With panic attacks, sometimes it felt like time had stopped as my depth perception went haywire. With mind obstacles sometimes the gut becomes ill, and with stomach problems or pain I’ve always had to slow down everything in my life, which is challenging if you’re working or in school or both.
Lyrics to “Slow Motion” by PHOX:
Everything I do, I do in slow motion
I don’t know what to say
Everywhere I fall, don’t know name or location
Baby, I’ll just find my way
I’ll find it
Years ago now, couldn’t hold my eyes to the stars
Burdened by how they slept so far away
I see now this is better in so many ways
All the glitter is fire, burns the skin and leaves you with haste
Everything I do, I do in slow motion
I don’t know what to say
Everywhere I fall, don’t know name or location
Baby, I’ll just find my way, I’ll find it
Heavy is my sleeping, terror is my dreaming
While you are pretty through the night
You may taste the salt that rolls off my cheekbone
But you don’t know why I cry
Over mulled wine, all the tact fell through the floor
Tripping over fine lines and you
If I stay here, I’ll have some explaining for you
Sins are in mind where there’s things that I ought to do
Everything I do, I do in slow motion
I don’t know what to say
Everywhere I fall, don’t know name or location
Baby, I’ll just find my way, I’ll find it
Heavy is my sleeping, terror is my dreaming
While you’re pretty through the night
You may taste the salt that rolls off my cheekbone
But you don’t know why I cry
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Shannen Roberts (she/her) is the Peruvian-American, founding editor-in-chief of The Strange is Beautiful, musician and yogi.
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