[Verse 1]

I went to a place

To repair and rest myself

But I never left

The loop of the waves

Crashing on my shore got stuck in my head

And never came out

[Chorus]

Oh, it'd be better if the world would all slow down

It'd be better if I knew then what I know now

It'd be better if the world would all slow down

Ohoh, ohoh, ohoh

It'd be better if the world would all slow down

It'd be better if I was swimming in the shallows

'Cause then I wouldn't need to spend my whole life

Catching up to you

[Verse 2]

But I held a seashell

Close to my ear

I listened

To the sound of the deep

It made me swear

An oath of secrecy

I couldn't tell a soul what it told me

[Chorus]

It'd be better if the world would all slow down

It'd be better if I knew then what I know now

It'd be better if the world would all slow down

It'd be better if I was swimming in the shallows

It'd be better if the world would all slow down

It'd be better if I was swimming in the shallows

It'd be better if I was swimming in the shallows

The shallows, the shallows

It made me swear

An oath of secrecy

I couldn't tell a soul what it told me, no

I can't tell you what it told me, no

I can't tell you what it told me, no

I can't tell you what it told me, no

I can't tell you what it told me, no

I can't tell you what it told me, no

I can't tell you what it told me

I can't tell you what it told me

I can't tell you what it told me

I can't tell you what it told me

I can't tell you what it told me, no