Mousetrap set, and I am caught Closing doors over and over. From now on, I will gawk Rubbernecking my attempts To make any move at all. If I just slow down, If I just slow down. In backyard I will watch, Driving old roads, I will spot Things I thought I would have one year later. If I just slow down, How do I slow down? And so the timeline in the back of my head makes some room for All these pages that I'm turning out With my own gentle hands. If you're lucky, I might write a song about you, (I might write a song) If you play your cards right. Late at night, behind the locks Twisted hard, they carve their marks Along the floorboards, sharp as rocks We sit quiet, trying to solve just how not to stay stopped. If I just slow down, How do I slow down?