When Days Were Slow

[Intro] I know I’m being sentimental about the past Trying to hold on, to grasp [Verse] I want to travel back in time To a period when People still lit candles at night And wrote long letters To each other, Telling their mundane stories And then waited for weeks To get a reply [Pre-Chorus] When days were slow And nights were long And music was pure And books were fun And we could always go for a walk To unwind as our days Came undone [Chorus] Life was very simple then The world was very sincere then Though there was still much unkindness, People didn’t dwell on it for too long People didn’t cry about it for very long Before they finally moved on [Verse] I want to travel back in the day To a period when People still rode carriages And sailed on long journeys To other countries Diaries held their travel stories And then waited for weeks Across oceans and seas [Pre-Chorus] When days were slow And nights were long And music was pure And books were fun And we could always go for a walk To unwind as our days Came undone [Chorus] Life was very simple then The world was very sincere then Though there was still much unkindness, People didn’t dwell on it for too long People didn’t cry about it for very long Before they finally moved on [Bridge] I know I’m being sentimental about the past Trying to hold on, to grasp Stories that feel like my own memories But I understand That life can only be understood Looking back, And life can only be lived… forward [Solo Flute] [Chorus] Life was very simple then The world was very sincere then Though there was still much unkindness, People didn’t dwell on it for too long People didn’t cry about it for very long Before they finally moved on [Outro] But I understand That life can only be understood Looking back, And life can only be lived… forward [Slowly Fade Into Silence]