Wall was familiar with country music growing up as country artists such as Johnny Cash were played at home. He started learning guitar at the age of 13, playing music of rock bands such as AC/DC and Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Later he became interested in old blues artists, and then started to listen to folk music. According to Wall, he first heard Bob Dylan's song "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" around grade 10 or 11 (aged 15 or 16), and he was inspired to start writing and singing songs instead of only playing guitar. Other early musical influences he cited include Woody Guthrie and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and he had also expressed interest in country singers such as Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Hank Williams. He made demos of his songs while he was a student, and in 2015, he decided to take a break from his studies at the university to focus on his music career when his first EP was released.
Colter Wall was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, the middle child of Tami and Brad Wall, 14th Premier of Saskatchewan. He has two sisters, Megan and Faith. Wall attended Swift Current Comprehensive High School, and graduated in 2013. He then studied at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
Wall recorded a seven-song EP, Imaginary Appalachia, in 2015 with Jason Plumb the producer at Studio One in Regina, Saskatchewan. He collaborated on the EP with other artists from Regina such as Belle Plaine and The Dead South. He described his music as a blend of blues, folk and Americana. The EP was released on March 9, 2015, and "The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie" was released as his first single. His music gained the attention of Brock Lesnar who helped to raise his profile among wrestling fans. Songs from the album were featured in the television show Dog the Bounty Hunter,[8] and the films Hell or High Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The track used in the films, "Sleeping on the Blacktop", gained more than a million streams on Spotify.
In 2016, Wall opened for Lucinda Williams at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was signed to Rick Rubin's American Songs publishing company.
His first full-length album, self-titled Colter Wall, was produced by Dave Cobb at the RCA Studio A in Nashville. Wall was accompanied by Cobb on acoustic guitar, Chris Powell on drums, Mike Webb on piano, and Robby Turner on pedal steel. The album was released on May 12, 2017 and according to Wall, most of the songs on the album are autobiographical.
A new album, Songs of the Plains, was announced in July 2018 and was released on October 12, 2018.
Motorcycle
Colter Wall Lyrics
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Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
Ride her off a mountain like ol' Arlo
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Well, I figure I'll walk to the liquor store
Thunderbird, two bottles, maybe three, maybe four
Follow my feet down the music road
Like you would a tombstone
Like you would a tombstone
Pour it on the pavement like you would a tombstone
Well, I figure I'm weary of fealing this way
Pop another pill, hop another train
Tell my brothers and my sisters that it's keeping me sane
Figure I'm weary of feeling this way
Well, I figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
Ride her off a mountain like ol' Arlo
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
The song "Motorcycle" by Colter Wall is a melancholic ode to a life that seems to have lost its direction. The singer is thinking about buying a motorcycle and wrapping his "pretty little frame around a telephone pole." This phrase may suggest the singer's death wish, expressing his desire to escape from the pain and confusion of his life. The reference to "ol' Arlo" may refer to Arlo Guthrie's motorcycle accident in the 70s, who survived the crash but left him with physical and mental scars. This could be a foreshadowing of the dire consequences that come with a motorcycle ride.
The second stanza has the singer walking to the liquor store to buy Thunderbird, a cheap fortified wine. The singer speaks about pouring it onto the pavement like one would pour it onto a tombstone. This phrase expresses a sense of nihilism and self-destructiveness that seems to be consuming the singer's soul. The reference to music road could be a metaphor for the escape the singer is trying to find, but instead, it takes him to a dead-end where he pours wine.
The third stanza has the singer talking about being weary of feeling this way and the attempts he makes to escape the pain. He suggests taking pills and hopping on a train. These actions again are a reflection of a hopeless soul trying to find solace in drugs and travel. The song ends with the repetition of the initial stanza, suggesting a cyclical nature of the singer's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Well I figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
I have decided to get myself a motorcycle
Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
I will drive recklessly and end up in a bad accident
Ride her off a mountain like ol' Arlo
I will take dangerous risks with my motorcycle, like the singer Arlo did
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Repeating my initial decision to purchase a motorcycle
Well, I figure I'll walk to the liquor store
I will walk to the liquor store
Thunderbird, two bottles, maybe three, maybe four
I will buy multiple bottles of Thunderbird wine
Follow my feet down the music road
I will wander aimlessly, following the sound of music
Pour it on the pavement like you would a tombstone
I will waste the wine by pouring it on the ground, as if I am pouring it on a tombstone
Like you would a tombstone
Repeating the imagery of pouring wine on a tombstone
Well, I figure I'm weary of feeling this way
I am tired of feeling this certain emotion
Pop another pill, hop another train
I will take more drugs and leave town again
Tell my brothers and my sisters that it's keeping me sane
I will tell my family that my dangerous habits are helping me stay mentally stable
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Repeating my desire to get a motorcycle
Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
Repeating my intention to get into an accident with the motorcycle
Ride her off a mountain like ol' Arlo
Repeating my intention to take dangerous risks with the motorcycle like Arlo did
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Repeating my decision to buy a motorcycle
Contributed by Cooper W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@coconuthunterlemons
Well, I figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
Ride her off a mountain like ol' Arlo
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Well, I figure I'll walk to the liquor store
Thunderbird, two bottles, maybe three, maybe four
Follow my feet down the music road
Pour it on the pavement like you would a tombstone
Like you would a tombstone
Like you would a tombstone
Pour it on the pavement like you would a tombstone
Well, I figure I'm weary of feeling this way
Pop another pill, hop another train
Tell my brothers and my sisters that it's keeping me sane
Figure I'm weary of feeling this way
Well, I figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
Ride her off a mountain like ol' Arlo
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
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Surprised it was Post Malone that put it in the game, this and Tyler Childers.
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Busta is the best one imo
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I found this on wwe2k24 and been singing it ever since 😭
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