Go Slow

Song by HAIM

## *Days Are Gone* Chronology

"**Go Slow**" is a song by American pop-rock band HAIM. It was released on September 27th 2013 through Polydor Records and serves as the ninth track to the band's debut studio album *Days Are Gone*.

## Background

In an interview with *Genius*, Alana and Este Haim said:

> **Alana**: Go Slow-
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> **Host**: is another oldie.
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> **Alana**: Um, yeah Go Slow was the last song on the Forever EP and with that song, um we had just the track for like a year before we put any melody on it. We just had the guitar line, the "do do do do do do do do." And um, we always liked adding things to it. We had this like, full demo and just, it didn't have a melody on it and we wrote a full song over it. And kinda sounded like it didn't really seem right and it was like done. Everything, there was like a verse, chorus, everything. And then, finally we were just like "We need to just rewrite it." And we never really did that. It's really hard to have a full song and kind of be set in your ways and to realize like okay, it's not right. You have to rewrite the whole thing cuz you just keep playing the same melody in your head so it's kind of hard to get away from it. We finally just sat down and like erased everything and started over and went with like a more simpler melody-
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> **Este**: Yeah.
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If you would like to view the full *Genius* interview for "Go Slow", click *here*.

## Composition

Musically, "Go Slow" is set in the key of B Minor with a BPM of 145, a Camelot of 5A, and a total length of 4 minutes and 17 seconds.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Go slow

So that I can hear everything you're saying

Now, I know you're going

You just threw this away

You know I ain't gonna take it (go slow)

But we ain't gonna make it (I know)

I can't make you stay but

**[Refrain]**

I'll be hurting from the heat

Heat heat heat heat heat heat heat

Heat heat heat heat heat

Hurting from the heat

Heat heat heat heat heat heat heat

Heat heat heat heat heat

**[Chorus]**

Well, well was it something that I said?

(I know that it was something I said)

From your heat now

Going crazy trying hard to forget

(You know I'm trying hard to forget)

From your heat now

Oh, I just wanna go back, hold on, to the way that I was

Cause you took away all my young life

And I hate who I've become, from your heat now

**[Post-Chorus]**

From the heat, it's coming, coming

**[Verse 2]**

I know

I'm giving in and believing every lie

For now the moon is night

I turn off the light

And you shook up the foundation (go slow now)

With your intimidation (I know)

Oh, when you turn away now

**[Refrain]**

I'll be hurting from the heat

Heat heat heat heat heat heat heat

Heat heat heat heat heat

Hurting from the heat

Heat heat heat heat heat heat heat

Heat heat heat heat heat

**[Chorus]**

Well, well was it something that I said?

(I know that it was something I said)

From your heat now

Going crazy trying hard to forget

(You know I'm trying hard to forget)

From your heat now

Oh, I just wanna go back, hold on, to the way that I was

Cause you took away all my young life

And I hate who I've become, from your heat now

**[Bridge]**

No, from your heat now

No, from your heat now

Now, from your heat now, from your heat now

From your heat now, from your heat now now baby

Now, from your heat now, from your heat now

From your heat now now now now now

**[Chorus]**

Well, well was it something that I said?

(I know that it was something I said)

From your heat now

Going crazy trying hard to forget

(You know I'm trying hard to forget)

From your heat now

Oh, I just wanna go back, hold on, to the way that I was

Cause you took away all my young life

And I hate who I've become, from your heat now

**[Outro]**

(Go back, go back)

(Go back, go back)

(Go back, go back)

(Go back, go back)

From your heat now

(Go back, go back)

(Go back, go back)

(Go back, go back)

(Go back, go back)

Oh, I just wanna go back, go back

Go back, go back

Go back, go back

Go back

I just wanna go back, go back

Go back, go back

Woah

## Other videos

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## References

1. ↑ https://genius.com/Haim-haim-on-go-slow-annotated
2. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/Go-Slow-HAIM/5mKbFgEbuYRJRvl7SlPpR