"I'll Be Here Awhile" is a radio-only single by 311

311 (band)

311 is an American rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. The band was formed in 1988 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Nick Hexum, lead guitarist Jim Watson , bassist Aaron "P-Nut" Wills and drummer Chad Sexton...

. It is the 12th and closing track on their album From Chaos

From Chaos

From Chaos is the sixth studio album by 311, released on June 19, 2001.In 2000, before this album was recorded and released they left Capricorn Records and switched to Volcano Entertainment as their permanent label....

. Lead singer Nick Hexum

Nick Hexum

Nicholas Lofton Hexum is an American musician, currently the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band 311.-Early life:Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Hexum went to Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska...

 originally wrote it when he was twenty, hence the line in the refrain "Twenty years of age." He was thirty when he recorded it. He borrowed a line from the Rock Band The 77s from their 1987 self titled album. The name of the song was, "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes and The Pride of Life". The line borrowed was, "And if a person, place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight". 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.

"I'll Be Here Awhile" made it to position 15 on the Modern Rock Tracks in 2001.