Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The older I get the faster time goes - this song is about that. And tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone.
It’s longer than most of my songs - i added a bridge, which at one point had me feeling I might actually jump off it, and then repeated a verse to lead in to the chorus - might cut it if I ever record it properly
lyrics and melody ©harriet barbir June 2025
Let’s slow it down
c, g,dm, if we had forever
c, g, dm, i wouldn’t measure time
c, g, dm i wouldnt count the heartbeats
c, g, dm between your heart and mine
c, g, dm you’re the reason time is precious
and i want it to slow down
you’re the reason that I stay here
that I want to be around
(Am) but time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
am
(c) let’s make a moment (g) feel a lifetime (dm)
(c) let’s make (g ) our dreams reality (dm)
(c) let’s promise (g) each tomorrow (dm)
(c ) let’s make each (g ) day eternity (dm )
(Am) cause time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am ) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
(am)
(f) If forever was a promise, (g )I’d make that (em) promise true (am )
(f ) Every second, every heartbeat, (g ) spent Id (em) spend with you (am)
but tomorrow’s just a promise
we don’t know what time will do
so let’s hold on to this moment
this moment i am here with you
c, g, dm you’re the reason time is precious
and i want it to slow down
you’re the reason that I stay here
that I want to be around
Am) cause time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am ) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
(am)
I want to make this moment last,
let’s slow it down, slow
it down
The older I get the faster time goes - this song is about that. And tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone.
It’s longer than most of my songs - i added a bridge, which at one point had me feeling I might actually jump off it, and then repeated a verse to lead in to the chorus - might cut it if I ever record it properly
lyrics and melody ©harriet barbir June 2025
Let’s slow it down
c, g,dm, if we had forever
c, g, dm, i wouldn’t measure time
c, g, dm i wouldnt count the heartbeats
c, g, dm between your heart and mine
c, g, dm you’re the reason time is precious
and i want it to slow down
you’re the reason that I stay here
that I want to be around
(Am) but time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
am
(c) let’s make a moment (g) feel a lifetime (dm)
(c) let’s make (g ) our dreams reality (dm)
(c) let’s promise (g) each tomorrow (dm)
(c ) let’s make each (g ) day eternity (dm )
(Am) cause time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am ) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
(am)
(f) If forever was a promise, (g )I’d make that (em) promise true (am )
(f ) Every second, every heartbeat, (g ) spent Id (em) spend with you (am)
but tomorrow’s just a promise
we don’t know what time will do
so let’s hold on to this moment
this moment i am here with you
c, g, dm you’re the reason time is precious
and i want it to slow down
you’re the reason that I stay here
that I want to be around
Am) cause time moves fast it doesn’t last (dm)
(em) let’s slow it (am)
down,
let’s slow it down
(dm) the sand is slipping through (am ) our hands
(em) let’s slow it down let’s slow it down
(am)
I want to make this moment last,
let’s slow it down, slow
it down




![where are you now - an original song
I am hoping to record this song in the next week or two but wanted to share it now. On the surface, it is just a love song about the disconnect within a relationship and when it finds its way onto spotify etc, perhaps that’s all that a listener will take from it. However, here I can tell you that the inspiration for this song is dementia and for those families touched by that the lyrics might resonate a little deeper.
It is dementia action week May19- 25 and, as I doubt the recorded version will be available by then, I have decided to post this now.
lyrics and melody written by Harriet Barbir May 2025
Where are You Now?
c, dm, am
you don’t know I miss you,
you just don’t understand
c, dm, am
even when i’m here beside you
even when i take your hand
f. g
it’s like a door i can’t push through
(f) to reach the other side of you (g7)
(c) where (em) are you (am) now
where can (f) i find you
where can i find you (g) (g7)
(c) where is the (em) love you’ve (am) buried
can i (f) remind you, can i remind you (g)
your eyes they look right through me
It’s like you never knew me
it’s hard to see who i adored be
disappearing right before me
(c) where (em) are you (am) now
where can (f) i find you
where can i find you (g) (g7)
- [ ] (c) where is the (em) love you’ve (am) buried
can i (f) remind you, can i remind you (g) where are you now - an original song](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qnDLZEOFECY/mqdefault.jpg)





