Lyrics to
Slow Down

This version of Slow Down was released by The Hollies in 1972.

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Got to stop from running
Got to make myself slow down
If I need some loving
Got to find some love around

I can’t hold on
It’s been so long
And I’d do anything
To find some love good love
If I slow down
If I take a look around
Maybe I’ll come across
Some home sweet home

If I slow down
Yeah if I slow down
If I slow down
Yeah if I slow down

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About Lyrics and Slow Down by The Hollies

The lyrics to Slow Down are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Hollies used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Slow Down have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Hollies and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Slow Down by The Hollies. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Slow Down" means the words set to the music of Slow Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Slow Down and the lyrics to Slow Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Slow Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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