Sasha Sloan - Older
Sasha Sloan’s “Older” is a reflective pop song about growing up, family, and the changing way people understand their parents over time. Released in 2018, the song introduced listeners to Sloan’s intimate songwriting style, built around soft piano, restrained production, and emotionally direct lyrics. Instead of presenting adulthood as a period of certainty, “Older” suggests that becoming an adult often reveals how complicated and imperfect life can be.
The song draws heavily from Sloan’s childhood and her experience of growing up with divorced parents. As a child, she viewed her parents through a simpler lens, but age gave her a more mature understanding of their choices, struggles, and limitations. The song captures the realization that parents are not always the confident figures children imagine them to be; they are also people trying to navigate life, relationships, and uncertainty.
“Older” is especially powerful because it avoids blaming or idealizing anyone. Sloan presents family history with honesty while recognizing that perspective can soften anger and make room for empathy. The lyrics explore how painful memories may look different later in life, when a person has gained enough experience to understand that adults can make mistakes without having all the answers.
The song became one of Sasha Sloan’s most recognized early releases and helped establish her reputation as a thoughtful singer-songwriter. Its understated arrangement allows the emotional message to remain at the center, making the track feel personal yet widely relatable. “Older” continues to resonate with listeners who have experienced family change, questioned the people who raised them, or discovered that growing up means seeing the adults in their lives as ordinary, complicated human beings.
Sasha Sloan Older Lyrics
I used to shut my door while my mother screamed in the kitchen
I'd turn the music up, get high and try not to listen
To every little fight, 'cause neither one was right
I swore I'd never be like them
But I was just a kid back then
The older I get the more that I see
My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
And loving is hard, it don't always work
You just try your best not to get hurt
I used to be mad but now I know
Sometimes it's better to let someone go
It just hadn't hit me yet
The older I get
I used to wonder why, why they could never be happy
I used to close my eyes and pray for a whole 'nother family
Where everything was fine, one that felt like mine
I swore I'd never be like them
But I was just a kid back then
The older I get the more that I see
My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
And loving is hard, it don't always work
You just try your best not to get hurt
I used to be mad but now I know
Sometimes it's better to let someone go
It just hadn't hit me yet
The older I get
The older I get the more that I see
My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
And loving is hard, it don't always work
You just try your best not to get hurt
I used to be mad but now I know
Sometimes it's better to let someone go
It just hadn't hit me yet
The older I get