News: Allison Leah releases introspective single "24 years down"

- November 08, 2021

Allison Leah is a folk-pop singer-songwriter originally from NY, now based in Nashville, TN. While her ethereal melodies and crystal clear voice will hook you in, it is the message of her music that will keep you coming back for more. Plenty of artists have an early start, but few can compare to Allison Leah, who began working as a jingle-singer at 8 years old, recording familiar jingles like the "Hess Truck" Commercial among others. Her exposure to the industry from a young age created her love of music, and her determination to forge her own path in the field.

On November 5th, she released her latest, introspective single about her life and we can't help but listening to it in repeat. Each song Allison Leah writes is a beautiful example of master songwriting but with this one she really reached the top. Enjoy it!

This song is an autobiographical account of Leah's life. Each verse acts as a 'vignette', and details years of Leah's life thus far. The chorus acts as her inner-voice, reflecting on where she's been and questions where she's going.

On the song, Leah says, "I wrote "24 years down" about figuring out where I belong in mid-twenties. Some people that I know are buying houses and starting families, and others are still in school, still acting like they're in school, or still figuring out their passions in life. Over the past few years, time has felt like it's standing still and slipping away in the same breath. And while that is valid, this song is a reminder to myself that I still have so much time left"

"24 years down"

Head filled with stories I should write about
And people I should write back
Moved out
Messed up
Got knocked down and kept my head up
And 24 is never enough
There's 24 hours in a day so I never thought 24 years could slip away
How can I make the rest of them stay?
24 years gone of my life
And I'm tryna make it big tryna take a break tryna slow down this time
And ask, "Who am I?"
24 years down
17
First time
Mind wide open full of drunk pride
Moving into college for the first time
First mistakes, first love
Some of us stayed young and some grew up
And 17 was never enough
There's 24 hours in a day so I never thought 24 years could slip away
How can I make the rest of them stay?
24 years gone of my life
And I'm tryna make it big tryna take a break tryna slow down this time
And ask, "Who am I?"
24 years down
22
Eyes wide
Sitting on a roof under the starlight
I saw you crying for the first time
23
Your mom died
And I learned mortality is a part of life
Not a concept you fantasize
There's 24 hours in a day so I never thought 24 years could slip away
How can I make the rest of them stay?
24 years gone of my life
And I'm tryna make it big tryna take a break tryna slow down this time
And ask, "Who am I?"
24 years down
Some of us are still kids
Some of us have kids
And I'm somewhere in the middle
What have I accomplished?
Why do I measure my accomplishments
As my self-worth
At 24 years?
24 hours in a day so I never thought 24 years could slip away
How can I make the rest of them stay?
24 years gone of my life
And I'm tryna make it big tryna take a break tryna slow down this time
And ask, "Who am I?"

24 years down