That plea “Come on tap those breaks, baby just one time” is like you can hear the soul of the man screaming & begging to understand how the leaving is so easy for her as his world comes crashing down. He’s willing to let her go and understands why she is, but the pleading for her to not shrug it off like it was nothing...that’s what makes this song hit so hard. There is nothing louder than a applause of silence and the coldness of heartbreak that 100% one sided.
A bit like Gordon Lightfoot's "But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just trying to understand The feelings that you lack"
Is it possible for this guy to make a bad song? He can write songs that are lighthearted and positive, such as "Free and Easy" and "Drunk on a Plane," and turn around and make something like this, and "I Hold On" which hit you right in the feels. Both styles are equally amazing. Dierks has a versatility that very few country artists have.
Cory Newman OMG! You read my mind! I think the exact same thing about him. I have never listened to another artist ( country or rock ) that doesn't have a few songs that are not so great. But I have never heard a bad song from this guy. He is amazing!
Not that I don't completely agree, but to be fair, back in the 90s people were saying country wasn't country anymore. It's all subjective. But, I do subjectively agree!
Johnny Cash said Garth Brooks wasn’t country. Garth Brooks said Florida Georgia Line isn’t country. Florida Georgia Line will say the same to some future country singer. Endless cycle
This song will always hold a special place in my heart. Not due to a breakup but solely because it's a phenomenal song that takes me back to the times when life was just so simple.
“i’m not asking you to turn back around” hits so hard. i feel the same about someone. they’ve made up their mind and moved on, i could live with being friends. but to never see them again hurts.
@Dierks Bentley why thank you, and no I haven't been to any of your concerts. I bounce between TN and Kansas City Missouri. I will be trying to make time to get to one. Are you presently touring?
Thanks for your utmost love and support has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this, but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and i truly appreciate all. It's the season of love for me & so i decided to put smiles on the faces of my fans by going through old posts on my official page and hitting up random fans, So i can get to relate with my fans better through discussions of depth and humour, listening to compliments and criticisms on my career work.😍🙏🏻🌎💜❤️
It has probably been said 1,000 times over, but WHO WOULD LEAVE DIERKS BENTLEY!?!? I would live in that little silver trailer with him forever!!! Geez.
5 years later and if it did hurt at all you didn't show it. I know you started a new family but I dreamt of you and him last night. Hope y'all are happy
He's one of the most amazing country singers I've ever heard. His music is so realistic, and makes sense. Unlike some other lyrical music... that makes no sense whatsoever
My fiance died... my ex was trying to be helpful. I was miserable. My mom sent me to work in other states. Best thing ever. Time to heal. He was waiting and I needed time. I didn't want HIM. My mom saved me from my own depression and insanity. But he is a good friend now. I felt bad, but wasn't wanting what he did especially right then. Literally that day. 😢😪
I've had nothing but long term relationships. My longest was 8 years and 3 beautiful kids with her. It kills me every single day knowing she is with someone else and I have no one to blame but myself. She is the one I dream of and think about on a daily. I've come to realization that Im just one of them guys that dies alone. I'm ok with that. My heart will forever be hers. As long as she is happy and our kids are healthy and happy with there lives, that's all that matters to me.
I sure hope you're right. The love of my life....my childrens father abused me , choked me til I couldn't breathe we just broke up not long ago. He and my cousin put me in jail domestic violence and she lied and said I stole $200 worth of her stuff (even tho I let her move and live in my house when she had NOTHING rent free) they have threw me out my kids DSS took my children I'm working my ass off to get them and STAYING AWAY FROM THE ONE PERSON I WILL ALWAYS LOVE. he also is abusing drugs ( I gave them up years ago ) I just can't believe he had me locked up just got out today. Just so heartbroken over it all. But my kids are my TRUE LOVE FOR EVER ❤️
Not to mention he just busts into this party and sings the chorus with no context. She's probably wondering what the hell she's supposed to slow down from.
Dierks Bentley is a good singer but my all time favorite singer still is Elvis Presley. Dierks is cute. God bless you in your career. Hope you win some awards. Sandra Miller 2015
This song has stayed in my head since the day you left. Life was paradise since the moment we met. Things seemed so perfect and life could not get better. I just didnt end up being the man you were looking for in the end but not a day goes by I dont think of you Alicia Marie
This, and Come a Little Closer are my 2 favorite songs by Dierks Bentley. If I could only listen to 2 songs, ever, I think those would be the 2 I'd chose.. And honestly, he's not my favorite singer.. Those just seem to have so much heart and feeling to them.
My wife moved into her own apartment Friday, you don't realize how true this song is until you are in this very situation... It sucks bad, men, just cause she stops crying when you argue, doesn't mean everything is ok........
Been listening to this song since it first came out. When life gets hard and I feel lonely I slow down and come back to this song. Music heals, especially when it's Dierks Bentley
Every now and then I think about you. It's been years and I have someone new who I soon going to marry. life didn't go as planned but I will always remember how you just left me there in the dark, in my driveway while you drove away, praying for a slow down....
Tim Leake my wife of 11 years.... did the same exact thing! I watched her drive off with me in the driveway just speechless and devastated. All I wanted was a slow down and communication to save what was so so damn good between us. I'd give anything to do what DB did to this woman in this video to my ex today.... one day I just might.
Thanks for your utmost love and support has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this, but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and i truly appreciate all. It's the season of love for me & so i decided to put smiles on the faces of my fans by going through old posts on my official page and hitting up random fans, So i can get to relate with my fans better through discussions of depth and humour, listening to compliments and criticisms on my career work.😍🙏🏻🌎💜❤️
I must look just like a fool here in the middle of the road standing there in your rearview and getting soaked to the bone this land is flat as it is mean a man can see for a hundred miles So I'm still praying I might see the glow of a brake light. But your wheels just turn, down the road ahead If it hurts at all you aint showed it yet I keep a lookin' for the slightest sign that you might miss what you left behind I know there's nothing stopping you now but I'd settle for a slowdown. I held on longer then I should Believing you might change your mind And those bright lights of Hollywood would fade in time. But your wheels just turn down the road ahead If it hurts at all you aint showed it yet I keep a lookin' for the slightest sign that you might miss what you left behind I know there's nothing stopping you now but I'd settle for a slowdown. But your wheels just turn down the road ahead if it hurts at all you aint showed it yet your just a tiny dot on that horizon line come on tap those brakes baby just one time I know there's nothing stopping you now Im not asking you to turn back around I'd settle for a slowdown come on just slow down I'd settle for a slow down
@Dierks Bentley a.k.a have no clue who you are, but if u were Dierks I'd be Carrie Underwood..... nope Miranda Lambert have to be Carries not as rebellious as Miranda
I sure do miss my mom..she used to love this one.. Honestly I can close my eyes and hear her singing it with that beautiful smile with nothing but the wind in her hair. So many feelings with this one🏹🛡️ all hits at once💔💙🖤
Great songs like this is the reason I love country music. Tue life feelings sung poetically to mind pleasing melodies. I parallel new country to the singer/songwriters of the 70's.....All great...Too few and far between now in Popular music
Had a girl like that. Unfortunately haven't met any that were any different. Sucks because I'd really enjoy a family. Jst good ole country boy from NC. Dierks knows how to sing the truth in every song!
This song is timeless. 2024 we’re still here.
❤2024 July
Yesss❤
Yessss!! December 2024
Im obsessed with moment where he sings acoustic.. just him and his guitar.. and then the song fades back in. UGH.
One of the reasons I’ve watched/listened to this music video for years
Yes best part of the video ❤️
Yes and I love the look on the current boyfriends face where he's like oh sh@t that's the ex and he plays guitar, I'm f*cked😆
It gives me chills its such a hard hitting moment
Yup!
NOw that I’m older...this pulls the heart strings more than I ever could imagine.
Exactly
I first heard it off the album it was released on, back in 03' I think. I'm 29 now. Awesome music
it hurts mine
That plea “Come on tap those breaks, baby just one time” is like you can hear the soul of the man screaming & begging to understand how the leaving is so easy for her as his world comes crashing down. He’s willing to let her go and understands why she is, but the pleading for her to not shrug it off like it was nothing...that’s what makes this song hit so hard. There is nothing louder than a applause of silence and the coldness of heartbreak that 100% one sided.
Ya I’d settle for a slowdown
It's a universal feeling. It bridges the gap between tons of life events that we have zero control over.
By the time the woman leaves she's done. It dosent seem sudden to her. She has fought as much as she could.
Then she didn’t love him or she would have fought for him
You interpreted those lyrics so incredibly well! Just give me a sign you even cared.
If it hurts at all, you ain't shown it yet. 💔
Wise words & true !
Ally S
I keep lookin’ for the slightest sign that you might miss what you left behind..
A bit like Gordon Lightfoot's "But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just trying to understand The feelings that you lack"
My fav worst part
Is it possible for this guy to make a bad song? He can write songs that are lighthearted and positive, such as "Free and Easy" and "Drunk on a Plane," and turn around and make something like this, and "I Hold On" which hit you right in the feels. Both styles are equally amazing. Dierks has a versatility that very few country artists have.
No I don't think it is possible he's to good his songs have. Meaning
Jamey Johnson has the soul of one of the Outlaws bud. If you haven't heard him you should check him out, he has no bad songs.
Cory Newman OMG! You read my mind! I think the exact same thing about him. I have never listened to another artist ( country or rock ) that doesn't have a few songs that are not so great. But I have never heard a bad song from this guy. He is amazing!
Cory Newman I
2020 and still coming back to this over and over. I'll never grow tired of song. It is, in my opinion, his best one yet.
Thelma Houk i agree this album is the best
There some problems, when gretting is s9 askalmed, so can diport
This song just hits different
Like the song from" the brave ones"
Over and over and over and over. If it was a cassette tape from my day it would be warped by now
The acoustic part gets me every time.
Rachel
My favorite song by him...I always love it when he breaks into the party and busts out the 6-string.
Justin 53ro they’re a preppy citiot most likely don’t know how to load a gun.
My favorite song too
2009: Aww, that scene was so sweet!
2023: That guy's unhinged, she should get a restraining order!
This is the song that originally made me a Dierks fan.
definitely one of his best songs!
my favorite song.
Me too! Amen! He's had more talent in his thumb from day one than most artists.
👌
marati87 woot me too 😍, I love him!! hope to see him here I nc on July 11 on his tour
Back when country was still worth a damn
Rock God very very true
Jeremy Pesce yes!! Now some of the new stuff isn't bad BUT back to these days there was more good stuff going on
Not that I don't completely agree, but to be fair, back in the 90s people were saying country wasn't country anymore. It's all subjective. But, I do subjectively agree!
Johnny Cash said Garth Brooks wasn’t country. Garth Brooks said Florida Georgia Line isn’t country. Florida Georgia Line will say the same to some future country singer. Endless cycle
@@caribbeanbound8357
It's really all just opinions at this point.
The most underrated country song of my generation. By far.
most underrated artist ~ as well. dude's an animal
Anthony Young Agreed!!
Ev Green Youre not kidding...Such a uniquely, real, sincere voice, so many great songs, even his goofier ones SOUND great.
Anthony Young completely agree love his voice and his songs just fit!! Its crazy
Anthony Young , I agree he should have been superstar status right up there with, George Strait.
I love the acoustic part of this! Damn good song!
me 2
Cody DeWeever for sure
Agreed!
This song will always hold a special place in my heart. Not due to a breakup but solely because it's a phenomenal song that takes me back to the times when life was just so simple.
Same. Lot of those slow country songs I feel that way about from when I was younger....miss those times listening in the truck with my dad
In 2005? It was the beginning of the horrible years. Not good happened in 2000s
@@naughtyvalues Yes, 2005 was fantastic for me. The middle class wasn’t destroyed, I’d still have my family and a lot of my friends here today still.
Same feeling
Yess 🥺
Heartbreak sucks especially when the other person doesn't even seem to care anymore. 😔
Robbie Robbert d
Amen.
It's the worsed
Amen brother
Yeah man.... it’s does... especially when the other person cheats on you...😔
"I know there's nothing stopping you now" Anyone who has been through a bad breakup knows that part well. This song is PURE GOLD IN 2023.
Going to see him in June... can't wait... this is my favorite modern country singer
Dam right
Yep.. except knowing the woman left you for something better end up with a trash, and lost all that she had
Really... man
This song gives me that “in another lifetime” vibe. If you have been there you would know it sucks
One of the best country songs ever. One of the best songs of any genre.
That era of country was really good
Saying your peace. Walking away. Not even waiting for a reply. Boss level achieved.
I couldn't agree with you more!
Facts 💯
❤ silly man ####slowdown!! Broke my heart when I heard this
I remember watching this on CMT top 20 countdown when it came out in 2005
Love this song. Enjoy seeing you perform great country music! 🎤🎶🎵🤘❤️
2022 still listening
Beautifully dreary ballad. Perfect for driving and crying during a rainy night.
“i’m not asking you to turn back around” hits so hard. i feel the same about someone. they’ve made up their mind and moved on, i could live with being friends. but to never see them again hurts.
I think he got his songs from my life...before I lived it.
@Dierks Bentley why thank you, and no I haven't been to any of your concerts. I bounce between TN and Kansas City Missouri. I will be trying to make time to get to one. Are you presently touring?
So Dierks definitely needs to do an acoustic version of this. Like right now.
Thanks for your utmost love and support has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this, but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and i truly appreciate all. It's the season of love for me & so i decided to put smiles on the faces of my fans by going through old posts on my official page and hitting up random fans, So i can get to relate with my fans better through discussions of depth and humour, listening to compliments and criticisms on my career work.😍🙏🏻🌎💜❤️
@@dierksbentley3320 Are you the real Dierks Bentley? I thought you'd have a publicist do this.
I’ve had this on repeat for an hour. Just heard it yesterday. Absolutely underrated
My favorite Dierks song!
My favorite Dierk song too.🤗😎
When you watch her speed into a crash......helpless. ❤❤❤
I'd settle for a slow down....
One word Beautiful ,song ,,,,, Handsome guy
Love this song. I saw him in concert last night in Camden NJ for the third time. He was amazing as always.
Really love that acoustic part
Keep ya head up boys, it’s never our time, just our turn. Keep pushing foward, the right one WILL come.
Dierks Bentley is a beast!!!!!! Thank you for the songs that can get you through everything. Bad spots. Am i right?
It has probably been said 1,000 times over, but WHO WOULD LEAVE DIERKS BENTLEY!?!? I would live in that little silver trailer with him forever!!! Geez.
This song still brings tears to my eyes...
5 years later and if it did hurt at all you didn't show it. I know you started a new family but I dreamt of you and him last night. Hope y'all are happy
He's one of the most amazing country singers I've ever heard. His music is so realistic, and makes sense. Unlike some other lyrical music... that makes no sense whatsoever
My fiance died... my ex was trying to be helpful. I was miserable. My mom sent me to work in other states. Best thing ever. Time to heal. He was waiting and I needed time. I didn't want HIM. My mom saved me from my own depression and insanity. But he is a good friend now. I felt bad, but wasn't wanting what he did especially right then. Literally that day. 😢😪
There is true love out there for all of us(: it will happen when we least expect it........ Keep your eyes open(:
Bama Jean Yeah I totally agree!!!!
Amen, to that
After three years I am still waiting.
I've had nothing but long term relationships. My longest was 8 years and 3 beautiful kids with her. It kills me every single day knowing she is with someone else and I have no one to blame but myself. She is the one I dream of and think about on a daily. I've come to realization that Im just one of them guys that dies alone. I'm ok with that. My heart will forever be hers. As long as she is happy and our kids are healthy and happy with there lives, that's all that matters to me.
I sure hope you're right. The love of my life....my childrens father abused me , choked me til I couldn't breathe we just broke up not long ago. He and my cousin put me in jail domestic violence and she lied and said I stole $200 worth of her stuff (even tho I let her move and live in my house when she had NOTHING rent free) they have threw me out my kids DSS took my children I'm working my ass off to get them and STAYING AWAY FROM THE ONE PERSON I WILL ALWAYS LOVE. he also is abusing drugs ( I gave them up years ago ) I just can't believe he had me locked up just got out today. Just so heartbroken over it all. But my kids are my TRUE LOVE FOR EVER ❤️
2021. Haven't left my house all weekend. Depression and heartbreak are terrible together
I hope you're OK now 😀 God bless you 🙏
Even though he is standing under a cloudless sky and it suddenly begins to rain within 15 seconds... Still a great song, probably my favorite.
Hoping and praying for this moment. Just not sure if i did anything worth it.
Saw him preform this song at my first concert. Still hits me with emotions today
Damn Dierks Bentley sure did used to have some real bangers
the real question is how long did he have to run to get out of that desert after she took the only vehicle
" Bitch that's half my house ! "
hahaha....best part about TH-cam is the comment section
Not to mention he just busts into this party and sings the chorus with no context. She's probably wondering what the hell she's supposed to slow down from.
Lmao good one
I know right? total dick move.
Seeing him again tonight!
This song is a classic and one that will always be on my playlists.
I listen to it every day 😊
I'd settle for the truth... then I'd give the truth... never leave the one you really love. I will put on the brakes
Man I just love that scene where he starts playing at the dinner party, gets me everytime.
Dierks Bentley is a good singer but my all time favorite singer still is Elvis Presley. Dierks is cute. God bless you in your career. Hope you win some awards. Sandra Miller 2015
This song has stayed in my head since the day you left. Life was paradise since the moment we met. Things seemed so perfect and life could not get better. I just didnt end up being the man you were looking for in the end but not a day goes by I dont think of you Alicia Marie
I completely understand where you're coming from. Shits terrible. Like being stabbed in the chest.
Mine's name is Kimberly Lynn... 💔😔
This, and Come a Little Closer are my 2 favorite songs by Dierks Bentley. If I could only listen to 2 songs, ever, I think those would be the 2 I'd chose.. And honestly, he's not my favorite singer.. Those just seem to have so much heart and feeling to them.
That band deserves a lot of recognition for making this song as well.
He Is One Of The Best In Country
In almost 2019 and I’m still jammin 🤙🏼
Thissong. Rocks
back when I was obsessed with country music
My wife moved into her own apartment Friday, you don't realize how true this song is until you are in this very situation... It sucks bad, men, just cause she stops crying when you argue, doesn't mean everything is ok........
This is my favorite song. This has gotten me through a lot of depression. Can't wait to see him in concert.
Meanwhile, this song is dedicated to an ex I left. Ugh, the choices in life..
I wouldnt just settle for a slowdown, I'd fricken stop for Mr. Dierks :)
Dierks curls will forever have my heart ❤
This song hits hard
Been listening to this song since it first came out. When life gets hard and I feel lonely I slow down and come back to this song. Music heals, especially when it's Dierks Bentley
Every now and then I think about you. It's been years and I have someone new who I soon going to marry. life didn't go as planned but I will always remember how you just left me there in the dark, in my driveway while you drove away, praying for a slow down....
Tim Leake my wife of 11 years.... did the same exact thing! I watched her drive off with me in the driveway just speechless and devastated. All I wanted was a slow down and communication to save what was so so damn good between us. I'd give anything to do what DB did to this woman in this video to my ex today.... one day I just might.
Love, Love this song💕💕💕Love, Love u MK💕💕💕
Thanks for your utmost love and support has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this, but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and i truly appreciate all. It's the season of love for me & so i decided to put smiles on the faces of my fans by going through old posts on my official page and hitting up random fans, So i can get to relate with my fans better through discussions of depth and humour, listening to compliments and criticisms on my career work.😍🙏🏻🌎💜❤️
one of greatest country songs ever written
❤️3:04❤
Most underrated country artist of the last two decades.
I must look just like a fool here
in the middle of the road
standing there in your rearview
and getting soaked to the bone
this land is flat as it is mean
a man can see for a hundred miles
So I'm still praying I might see
the glow of a brake light.
But your wheels just turn,
down the road ahead
If it hurts at all
you aint showed it yet
I keep a lookin' for
the slightest sign that you might miss
what you left behind
I know there's nothing stopping you now
but I'd settle for a slowdown.
I held on longer then I should
Believing you might change your mind
And those bright lights of Hollywood
would fade in time.
But your wheels just turn
down the road ahead
If it hurts at all
you aint showed it yet
I keep a lookin' for
the slightest sign
that you might miss
what you left behind
I know there's nothing stopping you now
but I'd settle for a slowdown.
But your wheels just turn
down the road ahead
if it hurts at all
you aint showed it yet
your just a tiny dot on that horizon line come on tap those brakes
baby just one time
I know there's nothing stopping you now
Im not asking you to turn back around
I'd settle for a slowdown
come on just slow down
I'd settle for a slow down
This song is aging like wine
I'd settle for a slow down. God dam why does it have to hurt so bad?
Tyler Thompson to make you recognise you're not an island
Tyler Thompson because we had to see we deserve better. God had someone greater in mind 😉😍
I'll definitely be slowing down leaving, but I'll be on that high speed coming back ❤❤❤
One of my favorite songs ever!! 2019 ya'll still listening too?? #JustaFanFromOklahoma
nope, but 2020 is
@Heather Lyn If you ever leave me I'd chase after you with my guitar and sing to you, please dont ever leave me 😕😕
2021
@Dierks Bentley a.k.a have no clue who you are, but if u were Dierks I'd be Carrie Underwood..... nope Miranda Lambert have to be Carries not as rebellious as Miranda
@@crimsontide1980 lmao😁✌️
One of the best country singers! Greetings from Poland.
The first time I heard this song I had just lost the love of my life because she wanted to move to cali from Texas. I couldn’t go, it hit home.
I love you
The best part is moving on from a heartbreak 💔
I remember waking up to this playing on cmt Saturday mornings. Where has the time gone 😩
I love in the video when he is writing this heartfelt song, then sings it to her with no one knowing what's up, but has the balls to do it!
The first country song I fell in love with! 🥰
I like the suspense of not knowing whether or not the song and him finding her in the big city actually changed her mind!
I sure do miss my mom..she used to love this one.. Honestly I can close my eyes and hear her singing it with that beautiful smile with nothing but the wind in her hair. So many feelings with this one🏹🛡️ all hits at once💔💙🖤
Top 10 all time country artist
Dude, this song is my feels, in song form.
One of the last real country singers to get played on top 40. Love this song.
I'm going to see him this month July 9th an can not wait!
such a damn good song he just wanted an acknowledgement
AN EXTREMELY UNDERRATED COUNTY SONG
all of that trouble to sing those words to her, big smack to the face, and just walks away like she did...lovely touch.
Briana MW high maintenance,man using biatches
Such a relatable song. If it hurts at all she ain't showed it yet. Just left me and the dog.
This is one of the best country songs of all time. Should have been a 90s song.
hes so beautiful💜
I've always liked this song... 😊
Great song and video !!
@Frederick Dierks Bentley Oh, I am fine, Happy New Year 2021, may it play good music for all the World to listen to, not hear, listen!!!!
one of my all-time fave songs💜
This song makes me stop. Remember for a moment. Breathe deep and life goes on. I Love this song.
This was the first song of his I ever heard way back when. And now I'm finally going to see him this summer
cant wait to see him on the jag tour in april!!!!
Great songs like this is the reason I love country music. Tue life feelings sung poetically to mind pleasing melodies. I parallel new country to the singer/songwriters of the 70's.....All great...Too few and far between now in Popular music
Love this song Slow Down ,,,Dierks Bentley,,,,,got to think he is simply so good looking
no body knows how I am may be this message will let y'all know GOD BLESS
Had a girl like that. Unfortunately haven't met any that were any different. Sucks because I'd really enjoy a family. Jst good ole country boy from NC. Dierks knows how to sing the truth in every song!