Song Description

It takes a lifetime of lessons learn to develop a halo and that's a slow motion process.

Lyrics

"SLOW MOTION HALO"

I been talking to the mirror like it knows me...
Every version of me trying to show me...
All the lines that I crossed getting lonely...
Yeah, I wore every lie like it owed me...

Verse 1

(Groove comes in: kick, bass, muted guitar)

I said "I'm fine" when I was breakin
Smiled it off but you knew I was fakin
Burned some bridges -
I should've been savin
Never giving but only taking

Stayed too long where I didn't belong
Chased approval just to get along
I could feel inside I was hurting
Every truth was so disconcerting

Pre-chorus
Every mistake left a mark on me
But every mark started setting me free

Chorus 1

(Full band, wide vocals)

Slow motion halo
We're getting there, I know
Every fall, every low
Leads me where I'm supposed to go

Slow motion halo
Takes a lifetime to glow
Through the fire, through the cold
Turning every wrong to gold

Post-Chorus Hook

(Drop energy slightly, chanty)

Oh-oh-oh - oh oh oh oh)
Turning every wrong to gold
Oh-oh-oh - oh oh oh oh)

Verse 2

(Back to groove, slightly more energy than V1)

I held on when I should've let go
Lost my nerve on a one man show
Learned the hard way love runs deep
You can't take what you can't keep

Ran my mouth when I should've listened
Missed the truth when it didn't glisten
Now I'm learning to forget the pain
Let it wash my soul like rain

Pre-Chorus 2

(Bigger than first)

Every wrong turn I couldn't outrun
Was just leading me to where I'm from

Chorus 2

(Same but slightly bigger--add harmonies)

Slow motion halo
We're getting there, I know
Every fall, every low
Leads me where I'm supposed to go

Slow motion halo
Takes a lifetime to glow
Through the fire,
through the cold
Turning every wrong to gold

Oh-oh-oh - oh oh oh oh)
Turning every wrong to gold
Oh-oh-oh - oh oh oh oh)

Bridge (strip ? build)

(Drop instruments first half, then rise)

Oh
No, I'm not who I was before
But I'm not lost anymore

(build drums + guitars)

Every scar, every lesson learned
There's a slow motion halo turnin'

FINAL CHORUS (biggest moment)

(Full energy, stacked vocals, wide guitars)

Slow motion halo
Now I finally know
Every high, every low
Was exactly where I had to go

Slow motion halo
Yeah, it's out of control
But I'm learning as I go
Turning every wrong to gold

Outro (memorable tag)

Oh-oh-oh - oh oh oh oh)
Turning every wrong to gold
Oh-oh-oh - oh oh oh oh)

(Drop to piano + gang vocal echo)

Slow motion halo...