BILLIE EILISH - WHEN I WAS OLDER

WHEN I WAS OLDER

BILLIE EILISH

SONGWRITER: BILLIE EILISH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ROMA

LABEL: DARKROOM

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2019

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (born December 18, 2001) is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut single, "Ocean Eyes", went viral and has accumulated over 194 million streams on Spotify as of January 2019. Her debut EP Don't Smile at Me was released in August 2017. Following the EP's success, Apple Music named Eilish as its newest Up Next artist a month later in September 2017

The song's title and chorus were inspired by a line from Roma, where a child states, "When I was older I used to be a sailor, but I drowned in a storm."

[Chorus]

When I was older

I was a sailor

On an open sea

But now I'm underwater

And my skin is paler

Than it should ever be

Mhm

[Verse]

I'm on my back again

Dreaming of a time and place

Where you and I remain the best of friends

Even after all this ends

Can we pretend?

I'm on my-

I'm on my back again

It seems more and more

Like all we ever do is see

How far it bends

Before it breaks in half and then

We bend it back again

[Pre-Chorus]

Guess I got caught in the middle of it

Yes I’ve been taught, got a little of it

In my blood, in my blood

Memories burn like a forest fire

Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to mud

In the flood

[Chorus]

When I was older

I was a sailor

On an open sea

But now I'm underwater

And my skin is paler

Than it should ever be

[Bridge]

I'm watching movies back to back

In black and white, I never

Seen anybody do it like I do it any better

Then going over you, I'm overdue for no endeavors

Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether

You'd really like it in the limelight

You'd sympathize with all the bad guys

I'm still a victim on my own right

But I'm the villain in my own eyes

[Outro]

When I was older

I was a sailor

On an open sea.