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The Older I Get
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Wikipedia article
"'The Older I Get'" is the fourth single released by the Christian rock band Skillet from their sixth album 'Comatose' in 2007. The song was also released on an EP called "The Older I Get EP." The song charted at No. 27 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks and No. 14 on the 'Billboard' US Hot Christian Songs chart.
R&R magazine counted it as the No. 19 most-played song in 2008 for Christian contemporary hit radio (CHR) with 11,693 plays.
Meaning
Skillet's lead singer and primary songwriter John L. Cooper explained the meaning of the song to theskilletsizzle.com; " the song is about my relationship with my Dad and feeling that I was kind of betrayed by him and all these bad feelings going on. But in the end, it came down to 'forgiveness' in the end when I forgave my Dad there was a real healing that came in my life and the song The Older I Get was about that and saying I wish I could go back... do it all over again and I would probably make that step earlier towards forgiving him because my life got so much better when I did."
Track listing
Charts
Skillet spent nine weeks in a row at the No. 1 position on R&R's Christian contemporary hit radio (CHR) chart.
Video
The music video for the song consists of footage shot during the making of the 'Comatose' album. It features John Cooper recording vocals, all of the band members playing their specific instruments, and the band goofing off in the studio. An iMac G3 is featured in this video.
Credits
*John L. Cooper lead vocals, bass
*Korey Cooper keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Lori Peters - drums
*Ben Kasica - lead guitar
References
Category:Skillet (band) songs
Category:2007 singles
Category:Songs written by Brian Howes
Category:Songs written by John Cooper (musician)
Category:Lava Records singles
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:2006 songs
Category:Ardent Records singles
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