Buttkickin' Halloween Songs: "Older" - They Might Be Giants (1999)

I don’t even think this song remotely needs any kind of write-up.

I mean honestly: They Might Be Giants, Halloween, and a tune about the crushing realization that, at this very moment, you’re Older than you’ve ever been. Compound that with the notion that, right now, you’re younger than you’ll ever be again.

If that’s not the most chilling illumination, I don’t know what. So that makes it perfect for our Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs.

Plus it has such cheekily morbid instrumentation.

So here’s just all the lyrics, Imma go weep in the bathtub…

You’re older than you’ve ever been
And now you’re even older
And now you’re even older
And now you’re even older
You’re older than you’ve ever been
And now you’re even older
And now you’re older still

Time!…is marching on
And time…is still marching on

This day will soon be at an end
And now it’s even sooner
And now it’s even sooner
And now it’s even sooner
This day will soon be at an end
And now it’s even sooner
And now it’s sooner still..