[INTRO] I WANTED TO ARRIVE… (arrive) HE WANTED ME TO REMAIN… (remain) [VERSE 1] I FORCED THE DOOR… (forced) I BURNED THE STEPS… (burned) I COUNTED THE YEARS LIKE A DEBT TO BE PAID… (paid) I THOUGHT FAITH WAS SPEED… (speed) I THOUGHT LOVE WAS PROOF… (proof) I THOUGHT IF I RAN FAST ENOUGH I WOULD OUTRUN MY OWN HUNGER… (hunger) [VERSE 2] THE SEED DOES NOT ASK IF IT IS GROWING… (no) THE TREE DOES NOT WONDER IF IT IS TALL ENOUGH… (no) THE RIVER DOES NOT JUDGE ITS OWN SLOWNESS… (no) BUT I DID… (I did) I JUDGED EVERY SECOND THAT DID NOT PRODUCE… (produce) I CALLED IT ZEAL… (zeal) I CALLED IT FIRE… (fire) IT WAS FEAR… (fear) [CHORUS] SLOW… (slow) NOT BECAUSE I AM WEAK… (no) SLOW… (slow) BECAUSE THE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN BY FORCE… (no) I WANTED TO ARRIVE… (arrive) HE WANTED ME TO REMAIN… (remain) SLOW… (slow) NOT BECAUSE I AM LOST… (no) BECAUSE THE ROOT DOES NOT RISE IN A DAY… (no) [BRIDGE] THE GATEKEEPER WANTS RESULTS… (results) HE WANTS NUMBERS… (numbers) HE WANTS PROOF… (proof) HE SAYS “FURTHER, PURER, HIGHER”… (higher) BUT PATIENCE GIVES NOTHING… (nothing) NO TROPHY… (no) NO CROWN… (no) JUST THE LONG OBEDIENCE… (long) JUST THE SLOW REMAINING… (slow) [BREAKDOWN] TO BE FOUND IS NOT A VICTORY… (no) IT IS A GENTLE HUMILIATION… (gentle) NO MORE MAP… (no) NO MORE MERIT… (no) NO MORE “I WAS ALMOST THERE”… (almost) JUST THE GAZE THAT STAYED WHILE I WAS RUNNING… (running) HANDS EMPTY KNEES IN THE DIRT AND NOTHING LEFT TO OFFER BUT THE STAYING… (stay) [SOLO] [FINAL CHORUS] SLOW… (slow) NOT BECAUSE I AM WEAK… (no) SLOW… (slow) BECAUSE THE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN BY FORCE… (no) I WANTED TO ARRIVE… (arrive) HE WANTED ME TO REMAIN… (remain) SLOW… (slow) NOT BECAUSE I AM LOST… (no) BECAUSE THE ROOT DOES NOT RISE IN A DAY… (no) [OUTRO] STAY… (stay) NOT AS A TECHNIQUE… AS A CONFESSION… (confession) FAITH IS NOT SPEED… (no) IT IS THE REFUSAL TO FLEE… (no)
