I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while
Far is solace in the maddening pace
Sad state written on my face
Not a tight rope walk but dance
Uncertain game of chance
But I'll see it through in time
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while
And if a person place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight
Tempted by the hand that could
Blind my vision and sight
But at twenty years of age
In frolic and in rage
I will see it through in time
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while
But the dawn has come into the endless night
And everything's going to be alright
But at thirty years of age
Through frolic and in rage
All regressed and healed in time
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Said I, said I, said I, I will survive
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while
Far is solace in the maddening pace
Sad state written on my face
Not a tight rope walk but dance
Uncertain game of chance
But I'll see it through in time
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while
And if a person place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight
Tempted by the hand that could
Blind my vision and sight
But at twenty years of age
In frolic and in rage
I will see it through in time
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while
But the dawn has come into the endless night
And everything's going to be alright
But at thirty years of age
Through frolic and in rage
All regressed and healed in time
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Said I, said I, said I, I will survive
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WriterDouglas Martinez, Nicholas Hexum
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Last updatedMarch 5th, 2022
About"I'll Be Here Awhile" is a radio-only single by 311. It is the 12th and closing track on their album From Chaos. Lead singer Nick Hexum originally wrote it when he was twenty, hence the line in the refrain "Twenty years of age, " though Hexum was thirty when he recorded it. He comments on the interview included on the disc of From Chaos that he was living a wild and crazy life at that young age.
The lyrics "And if a person, place, or thing can deliver/ I will quiver with delight" are taken from the song "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, and the Pride of Life" by The 77s on their 1987 self-titled album.
"I'll Be Here Awhile" made it to position 15 on the Modern Rock Tracks in 2001.
The lyrics "And if a person, place, or thing can deliver/ I will quiver with delight" are taken from the song "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, and the Pride of Life" by The 77s on their 1987 self-titled album.
"I'll Be Here Awhile" made it to position 15 on the Modern Rock Tracks in 2001.