The Mall Stopped

Slow motion
Slow motion (eh)

Saturday at the mall, two escalators
One going up and one coming down
I'm on the down with a bag of groceries
You're on the up in a yellow gown
Halfway across, our eyes caught
Everybody else kept rolling on
Three seconds side by side
Then you were almost gone

I turned around on the moving stairs
Walking up the way I came down
Everybody staring at me
I didn't hear a sound

Slow motion (slow motion)
You going up, me coming down
Slow motion (slow motion)
The mall stopped, you turned around

Slow, slow, slow motion
Up and down, I lost my focus
Slow, slow, slow motion

Oranges rolling down the steps
A security guard shaking his head
You were laughing at the top
Holding one orange that I dropped
You said, "You came all the way back up?"
I said, "The stairs were going slow"
You said, "Buy me something at the food court
And then we'll see where this goes"

I turned around on the moving stairs
Walking up the way I came down
Everybody staring at me
I didn't hear a sound

Slow motion (slow motion)
You going up, me coming down
Slow motion (slow motion)
The mall stopped, you turned around

Now every Saturday we meet
At the bottom of the stairs
And we ride them up together
Like the first time, standing there

Slow motion (slow motion)
Now we're going up, not down
Slow motion (slow motion)
Still stopping when you turn

Slow motion
Slow motion