Light Is a Metaphor by So Long Forgotten

The Farewell / Live at the Accord, Champaign, IL by So Long Forgotten

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Light Is a Metaphor
by So Long Forgotten

Album: The Farewell / Live at the Accord, Champaign, IL

Slow down, slow down
Slow down, slow down

Step around, step around, feel the ground
It exists only when the day beats down
We all want certainty; the sun always rises
Never the faith to realize it never closes its eyelids

I received your love letter
It read like the stars in clear summer weather
It said I was more than a chorus; I was a whole song
And we were a season, and it stormed for far too long
You were the mountains and everything in between
But I was dancing in the valley and could not see

Everyone is water: clear and undisturbed
Everyone's a mirror: tall, strong, and pure
Everyone is water: clear and undisturbed
Everyone's a mirror, so let's just

Slow down
We are too fast now
Slow down
We are too fast now
Slow down
We are too fast now
Slow down
We are too fast now

Slow down
We are too fast now
Slow down
We are too fast now
Slow down
We are too fast now
Slow down
We are too fast now