I Forgot to Slow Down Songtext
von Chubb+Bits

I was always somewhere else when you needed me to be present
Always on my phone or on my way
I told myself that busy was the same thing as providing
And I missed so many ordinary days

The school play, the breakfast, all the in-between moments
The ones I thought would always come around
I was building something out there in the distance
While the real thing happened on the ground

I forgot to slow down
I forgot to just be here
I forgot that all the rushing
Would one day disappear
I forgot that you were watching
Every single thing I did
I forgot to slow down
And be present for my kids
I forgot to slow down


I can′t get back the
Tuesday afternoon you fell asleep
Against me on the couch watching cartoons
I can't get back the
Saturday I skipped to answer emails
But I can get back every afternoon from now

Because you′re still here and I'm still learning
What it means to trade the urgent for the true
And every time I put the phone down on the table
I'm choosing the best version of being there for you

I forgot to slow down
I forgot to just be here
I forgot that all the rushing
Would one day disappear
I forgot that you were watching
Every single thing I did
I forgot to slow down
And be present for my kids
I forgot to slow down

But I remember now
I remember now
And that′s enough to start again
I remember now


Slow down
Be here
Slow down
I′m here now