Story Behind the Song
The song was written using an acoustic on the front porch. Wilt, symbolically relating to human existence and the struggle we all share - 'getting older'. Although many adaptations have been written...the finished product brings together various elements: rock, industrial and rap.
Lyrics
Wilt
Music: Hayes, Reddee; Lyrics: Reddee
I can’t go on this way
I miss the days where I used to play
Everybody say’s I’m no good
I’ll never change cause I never understood
I feel it’s an all time low
Things I’m not meant to know
Somewhere along the way
I lost control
Chorus
Show me something, one more time
Take me back away through time
I’m getting old, I’m getting older
I’m getting old! I’m getting old! I’m getting older!
Token this life away
On the front porch everyday
Gin & juice don’t do no good
Even pot don’t work like it should
It seems it’s getting cold
I guess I need my coat
It seems the years just roll
Where does the time go
Chorus
I remember my first kiss, I remember my first twist
I remember my first sip of wine, I was stumbling drunk at the age of nine,
I can’t believe this disbelief in the world today
I can’t achieve what you perceive if your on my back & in my way
So keep me in mind
While I’m standing in line
And let the whole world know,
I’ve fallen on hard times
And they’ve fallen back on me
Chorus
Token this life away
Spending casket money I’m supposed to save
I don’t believe it was meant to be
Whole bunch of nothing that was just for me
It won’t wait for you to come around
Pass right by, without making a sound
Never to be what I wanted to be, I’m wilting, It’s worrying me
It’s like the world is trying to hate me!
The things you say just may erase me
Chorus
I don’t need you crying on my shoulder
I don’t need you crying on my shoulder
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