These tall walls stand between you and me

I guess I’ve gotten used to trading freedom for security

And I’m watching you get smaller as you run to the horizon,

And I wanna go, but I’m afraid to go

We’ll build a life,

Feel morning dew in conifers in early June,

We’ll get a dog,

I’ll find a job,

Be home by six, 

Give you my love,

Honey, is that enough

We’ll make a go,

I’m comin’ love just moving slow

I’m comin’ love, just moving slowly

We may be cold and broke, 

Covered in snow, 

But I won’t lose you, no

I can’t just keep on living back behind those walls

Where I felt myself dying slowly

We’ll build a life,

Feel morning dew in conifers in early June,

We’ll get a dog,

I’ll find a job,

Be home by six, 

Give you my love,

Honey, is that enough

We’ll make a go,

I’m comin’ love just moving slowly,

I’m comin’ love, just moving slowly

This song is, to me, the sound of an internal tug-of-war. For a long time, I felt this intense pressure to keep moving, to keep growing, but I get frozen. Frozen because I’m not sure what step to take, and things are fine, even if they aren’t exactly what I want. But there’s always a part of me that still feels that pull, that sense of 'I wanna go.' and its always battling, 'I’m afraid to go.'

The 'tall walls' in the first line – they represent that sense of perceived security, whether it’s a career path, a relationship, or even just a comfort zone. It's the trade-off we make: trading freedom for security. And for a while, that can feel like the right choice. But eventually staying safe and comfortable can feel like a slow death. I was losing touch with the things I wanted in life, just because I didn’t want to risk failing.

The chorus, with its vision of building a life is the dream of peace, the counterpoint to the fear. It's a vision of a simpler, grounded existence. But even in that dream, there's a question: 'Honey, is that enough?' It's about whether that peace can truly satisfy the part of you that yearns for something more, or different.

'Moving Slowly' is about finding the courage to step away from what's comfortable but stifling, even if that step is small, even if it feels terrifyingly slow. It's about trusting that the path will reveal itself, even if you can't sprint towards it. It’s about the quiet bravery of finding your own pace in a world that often demands you accelerate.

Ultimately, it’s a song about choosing the life you want, even when it feels messy and uncertain, and finding some kind of guiding light - a dream, love, family, whatever it may be - to keep you moving forward.